Ordinary families, special children : a systems approach to childhood disability / Milton Seligman, Rosalyn Benjamin Darling.

Contents Introduction and conceptual framework I : social and cultural systems -- Conceptual framework II : family systems theory and childhood disability -- All families are not alike : social and cultural diversity in reaction to childhood disability -- Becoming the parent of a child with a disability : reactions to first information -- Childhood : continuing adaptation -- Looking to the future : adolescence and adulthood -- Effects on the family as a system -- Effects on fathers -- Effects on siblings -- Effects on grandparents -- Professional-family interaction : working toward partnership -- Perspectives and approaches for working with families -- Applying a partnership approach to addressing family resources, concerns, and priorities : developing family service plans.
Abstract Provides a multisystems perspective on childhood disability and its effects on family life. This book examines how child, family, ecological, and sociocultural variables intertwine to shape the ways families respond to disability, and how professionals can promote coping, adaptation, and empowerment.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 381-419) and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Seligman, Milton, 1937- Ordinary families, special children. 3rd ed. New York : Guilford Press, ©2007
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