Baseline demographic data of the children and their families
| Total sample | Therapist | Booklet | Controls | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | |
| *Microcephaly, n = 2; hydrocephalus, n = 2; Angelman syndrome, n = 2; cerebral palsy, n = 2; Williams syndrome, n = 1; triple X syndrome, n = 1. | ||||||||
| Conditions | ||||||||
| Autism | 21 | 31.8 | 7 | 35 | 4 | 18.2 | 10 | 41.7 |
| Down’s syndrome | 8 | 12.1 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 13.6 | 2 | 8.3 |
| Global dev delay | 5 | 7.6 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4.5 | 2 | 8.3 |
| Epilepsy | 4 | 6.1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 8.3 |
| Other* | 14 | 21.1 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 19.5 | 6 | 15.1 |
| No diagnosis | 18 | 27.3 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 45.5 | 4 | 16.7 |
| Class | ||||||||
| Professional | 24 | 36.4 | 8 | 40 | 6 | 27.3 | 10 | 41.7 |
| Manag/technical | 16 | 24.2 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 27.3 | 6 | 25.0 |
| Skilled manual | 9 | 13.6 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 13.6 | 3 | 12.5 |
| Skilled non-manual | 8 | 12.1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18.2 | 3 | 12.5 |
| Unskilled | 9 | 13.6 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 13.6 | 2 | 8.3 |
| No. of parents | ||||||||
| 1 | 11 | 17.5 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 4.5 | 5 | 21 |
| 2 | 54 | 82 | 15 | 75 | 20 | 91 | 19 | 79 |
| 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 |