Ordinary families, special children: a systems approach to childhood disability/
Milton Seligman
- 3rd ed.
- New York: Guilford Press, c2007.
- xiv, 434 p.
Conceptual framework: 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 -- Family life cycle: Becoming the parent of a child with a disability, reactions to first information; Childhood, continuing adaptation; Looking to the future, adolescence and adulthood -- Family system: Effects on the family as a system; Effects on fathers; Effects on siblings; Effects on grandparents -- Approaches to intervention: 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.