TY - GEN A1 - Żyta, Agnieszka A1 - Ćwirynkało, Katarzyna A2 - Jurczyk-Romanowska, Ewa A2 - Gandecka, Kamila PB - Instytut Pedagogiki Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego PB - Wydział Nauk Humanistycznych i Społecznych Karkonoskiej Państwowej Szkoły Wyższej N2 - The paper includes the summary of changes that take place in the field of social support given to families of children with disabilities in Poland and abroad. In the empirical part, using in-depth interviews, this study investigated the personal experiences of 11 mothers of children with Down syndrome within the social support system. Interview transcripts were qualitatively analysed with the usage of interpretative phenomenological analysis. Several themes emerged: support concentrated on a child with a disability as well as instrumental, informative, emotional support of parents (both formal and informal). Parents described various sources of the received support but also mentioned their shortcomings. The importance of adapting the modern model of supporting families of children with disabilities is highlighted and the implications of the findings are discussed. L1 - http://repozytorium.uni.wroc.pl/Content/76563/PDF/Wspieranie_rodzin_dzieci_z_niepelnosprawnoscia_perspektywa_zmiany.pdf CY - Wrocław L2 - http://repozytorium.uni.wroc.pl/Content/76563 PY - 2015 KW - supporting KW - disability KW - family KW - Down syndrome T1 - Supporting families of children with disabilities – the prospect of change UR - http://repozytorium.uni.wroc.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/76563 ER -