Ordinary Families, Special Children

A Systems Approach to Childhood Disability
2. New Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-1-57230-466-6
Verlag: Guilford Publications

Buch, Englisch, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Zielgruppe

General and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Seligman, Milton

Darling, Rosalyn Benjamin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction and Conceptual Framework: Social Systems and Family Systems. Becoming the Parent of a Child with a Disability: Reactions to First Information. Childhood and Adolescence: Continuing Adaptation. Effects on the Family as a System. Effects on Siblings. Effects on Fathers and Grandparents. Cultural Reactions to Childhood Disability and Subcultural Variation. Professional-Family Interaction: Working Toward Partnership. Therapeutic Approaches. Applying a Systems Approach to the Identification of Family Strengths and Needs: The Individualized Family Service Plan and Beyond.

This comprehensive and clinically useful resource provides a multisystems perspective on childhood disability and its effects on family life. The volume examines the many variables that shape the ways families respond to childhood disability and the extent to which they can overcome the physical, cultural, and social barriers to a satisfactory lifestyle. Integrating theory and research with evocative first-hand accounts from parents, siblings, and grandparents, the authors demonstrate how to apply a social and family systems-based approach to assessment and intervention with diverse families.

The volume examines the many variables that shape the ways families respond to childhood disability and the extent to which they can overcome the physical, cultural, and social barriers to a satisfactory lifestyle.