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Ordinary families, special children : a systems approach to childhood disability / Milton Seligman, Rosalyn Benjamin Darling.
LIBRA HV888.5 .S45 1989
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seligman, Milton, 1937-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children with disabilities--United States--Family relationship.
- Children with disabilities.
- Parents of children with disabilities--United States.
- Parents of children with disabilities.
- United States.
- Family social work--United States.
- Family social work.
- Adaptation, Psychological.
- Family.
- Disabled Persons.
- Intellectual Disability.
- Professional-Family Relations.
- Social Adjustment.
- Medical Subjects:
- Adaptation, Psychological.
- Family.
- Disabled Persons.
- Intellectual Disability.
- Professional-Family Relations.
- Social Adjustment.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 272 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Guilford Press, [1989]
- Summary:
- This popular clinical reference and text provides a multisystems perspective on childhood disability and its effects on family life. The volume 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. Accessible and engaging, the book integrates theory and research with vignettes and firsthand reflections from family members. New to This Edition: *Incorporates advances in research and counseling approaches.*Updated resources.*Chapter on the challenges and opportunities of adulthood.*Expanded coverage of disability pride, family diversity, and the role of fathers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- ISBN:
- 0898627427
- OCLC:
- 18411084
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