TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seligman, Milton
AU  - Darling, Rosalyn Benjamin
TI  - Ordinary families, special children : : a systems approach to childhood disability 
SN  - 978-1-60623-317-7
AV  - 362.4043083 Se48 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Guilford Press
KW  - Children with disabilities
KW  - Family relationships
KW  - Family social work
KW  - Parents of children with disabilities
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographic references and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -