# ECOCULTURAL OPPORTUNITY AND FAMILY ACCOMMODATION

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · 1994 · $287,127

## Abstract

DESCRIPTION:  (Adapted From The Applicant's Abstract) This project will
continue a longitudinal study of family adaptation to children who
exhibited significant developmental delays (DD) in preschool.  It will
determine if early delay predicts subsequent difficulties, including mental
retardation, learning disabilities, behavior problems, special education
placement, and family adjustment problems.  The project will:  (1) track
development of delayed children from preschool to preadolescence; and (2)
analyze ecological factors and family adaptation processes associated with
more effective family functioning and better child outcomes in middle
childhood and preadolescence (child ages 10/11 and 12/13).  As the children
enter middle childhood, the project will explore the impact of school
experiences on family ecology and adaptation, as well as on child
developmental outcomes.  The study will compare the relative predictive
power of prior child status, school experience, and family adaptation as
influences on child and family outcomes (child ages 10/11 and 12/13).
Families of DD children will be contrasted to two other samples (Latino and
Euro-American families without DD children) in which families also are
actively adapting to their child, to test hypotheses regarding the general
influence of special adaptations (voluntary; or involuntary, DD-related or
not) on family functioning.  Another long term objective is to define
family strengths and capacities using a theory and research-based model in
order to meet PL 99-457's standards of assessment and intervention planning
for DD children and their families.

The specific aims include:  (1) determining the predectors of cognitive,
academic, behavioral, and social competence outcomes for developmentally
disabled/delayed children at middle-childhood and preadolescence (ages 8/9
and 12/13), using data from child ages 3/4 and 6/7; (2) determining the
predictors of family ecology and adaptation to DD children, at middle
childhood (child age 10/11), and identifying family ecological factors and
adaptation patterns associated with differential child and family outcomes;
(3) converting research procedures for assessing family ecology and
adaptation into a cost-effective instrument that can be used in assessment,
intervention planning, and evaluation; and (4) determining in what ways the
adaptation processes in families of DD children resemble those in families
with other kinds of adaptation issues.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 2197769
- **Project number:** 5R01HD019124-09
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
- **SAM.gov UEI:** RN64EPNH8JC6
- **Principal Investigator:** RONALD GALLIMORE
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1994
- **Award amount:** $287,127
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1986-01-01 → 1995-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2197769

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 2197769, ECOCULTURAL OPPORTUNITY AND FAMILY ACCOMMODATION (5R01HD019124-09). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/2197769. Licensed CC0.

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