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Exhibit Still Open To The Public, Wendy Bradley Richter Nov 2017

Exhibit Still Open To The Public, Wendy Bradley Richter

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Time is running out for Clark County area citizens to enjoy a Smithsonian Museum exhibit here in Arkadelphia.

The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service of the Museum on Main Street program and the Arkansas Humanities Council have partnered to bring "Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America" to Ouachita Baptist University.


Parenting Children With Down Syndrome: An Analysis Of Parenting Styles, Parenting Dimensions, And Parental Stress, B. Allyson Phillips Sep 2017

Parenting Children With Down Syndrome: An Analysis Of Parenting Styles, Parenting Dimensions, And Parental Stress, B. Allyson Phillips

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Effective parenting is vital for a child’s development. Although much work has been conducted on parenting typically developing children, little work has examined parenting children with Down syndrome.

The purpose of the current study was to compare the parenting styles and dimensions in mothers of children with DS and mothers of TD children.

Thirty-five mothers of children with DS and 47 mothers of TD children completed questionnaires about parenting, parental stress, child behavior problems, and child executive function.

We found that mothers of children with DS use an authoritative parenting style less and a permissive parenting style more than mothers …