a systems approach to childhood disability Seligman, Milton creator Darling, Rosalyn Benjamin text xx New York Guilford Press 2007 3rd monographic und

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xiv, 434 p.: 22 cm. 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. 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. Milton Seligman. Includes bibliographic references and index English Children with disabilities Family relationships Family social work Parents of children with disabilities United States 362.4043083 Se48 978-1-60623-317-7 251212 20260803094047.0