Parenting in
Challenging Situations Research Laboratory

Name: מעבדת הורות
Address: IL

Laborator Activity

Laboratory research activity

1. Parental coping with the diagnosis and placement of a child with special needs 2. The religious perspective of Jewish and Bedouin mothers of children with special needs 3. Post traumatic growth among mothers following the October 7th massacre in Israel. Adan Kabha - MA Thesis - Parent’s resolution with their child’s diagnosis with special needs and the place of their religious beliefs among Muslims in Israel. Maya Berkovitz - MA Thesis- Post Traumatic Growth - The post-traumatic growth of parents living in Kibbutzim bordering Gaza Strip. Rima Kabha – MA Thesis - Post Traumatic Growth - Parenting perceptions in Bedouin mothers following traumatic events. Dikla Moria Cohen – MA Final Project - Post Traumatic Growth - Emotional interactions between Parents of children with special needs and special education kindergarten teachers. Adi Leonard - MA Thesis - Parenting twins - parenting characteristics and social development. Hadas Babayev - MA Thesis – Parental hope - The role of parental hope and death anxiety during war. Avichai Kaits - MA Final Project – Fatherhood - Identity and parenting in fathers in a religious Jewish settlement society. Hadas Shoshan – BA research assistant – Parent-Teacher interaction – Perspectives of kindergarten teachers and mothers regarding the placement process in special education kindergartens. Roni Darmon – BA research assistant – Parent-Teacher interaction – Perspectives of kindergarten teachers and mothers regarding the placement process in special education kindergartens. Noa Shalev - MA Final Project - Social shunning - The experience of parents to children who went through social shunning. Hadar Swissa - MA Final Project – Special families - Parenting siblings of children with ASD. Dorin Sultan - MA Final Project – Student mothers - Motherhood of college students immediately after the birth.

articles

Articles in Refereed Journals

Paryente, B. & Barak-Levy, Y. (2023)

How Bedouin and Jewish mothers process their experiences of parenting their children with special needs in Israel. Israeli Affairs. (Journal ranked in the category of cultural studies – Q1; IF 0.48)

Barak-Levy, Y. & Paryente, B. (2023)

The Parental Resolution Process with a Diagnosis of Special Needs in Early Childhood. Researching @ Early Childhood, 18, 51-75 [Hebrew]

Paryente, B. & Barak Levy, Y. (2022)

‘A special education kindergarten sounded like a night mare to me’; the placement of children in a special education kindergarten, the parental perspective. Educational Counselor 24, 202-220

Barak-Levy, Y., Paryente, B. & Kabha, A. (2024)

Maternal resolution and religious processing in Muslim Bedouin mothers of children with special needs. Review of Religious Research

Paryente, B.& Barak Levy, Y (2024)

How Bedouin and Jewish mothers process their experiences of parenting their child with special needs. Israel Affairs

Barak-Levy, Y. & Paryente, B. (2023)

Diving into the resolution process: Parent’s reactions to child’s diagnosis. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 20(4), 3295;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043295 (Q1)

Paryente, B. & Barak Levy, Y. (2023)

Parents’ Reactions to their Child’s Placement in Special-Education Kindergartens: A Grounded Theory Study in Israel. International Journal of Early Years Education 31:1, 200-215, DOI:10.1080/09669760.2022.2163883

About us

Yael and Bilha are renowned researchers in the field of parental experiences in challenging situations. The main goal underlying their research is to understand the behaviours, perceptions, coping methods and emotional processes that characterize parents in situations of stress and difficulty.

Their research examines the parental experience from all aspects, with a holistic view that focuses on the children and their needs, on the relationships within the family and on the parents' interactions with all accompanying care systems. This is investigated with an emphasis on social and cultural sensitivity observing the diverse populations in Israeli society.

The main goal of the laboratory is to deepen and expand the parental narratives with a distinct sensitivity to challenging experiences. To this end, Bilha and Yael choose to specialize in a mixed-methods research that combines qualitative, quantitative and categorical methods. This approach enables them to gain a broad point of view as well as dive into the unique concerns expressed by the parents and caregivers.