提供家庭支持服務，協助家長因應壓力事件所帶來的挑戰與困難，進而提 升家庭功能與品質，是早期療育的重要的服務內涵之一。而從家庭壓力的觀點 去了解家庭支持服務的內容，是提升家庭支持服務效率的關鍵。因此，本研究 的主要目的在於，探討台灣地區幼兒特質及家庭特質如何影響特殊幼兒家庭對 家庭壓力事件的認知，及家庭壓力事件與家庭支持服務需求間的關聯。研究結 果發現，特殊幼兒年齡及身份別、母親年齡、母親教育程度、家中子女數及家 中平均總收入與家庭對壓力事件的認知間有顯著關係存在。而家庭壓力事件的 認知與家庭是否需要親職教育與訓練、臨托服務、就業服務與婚姻諮詢服務間 有顯著關係存在。最後，研究者由家庭壓力的觀點，對早期療育實務提出具體 的建議。

Providing and connecting family support services to families of young children with developmental delays are part of early intervention services. However, acknowledging the relationships between family support services and family needs based on the perspectives of family stress is critical to enhancing the efficiency of family support services. The main purposes of this research were to explain the influences of characteristics of young children with developmental delays and their families on parents’ perceptions of family stress events, as well as to explore the associations between family stress events and family support service needs. The results indicated that the age and status of young children, the age and education levels of mothers, numbers of children in the family and the total income of the family were significantly associated to parents’ perceptions of family stress events. The perceptions of family stress events were found significantly related to the service needs in terms of parental education and training services, vocational training services, and marriage counseling services. Suggestion on early intervention services were provided from perspectives of family stress.