Extended families and young handicapped children

Gabel, Harris; Kotsch, Lynne Schwartz

doi:10.1177/027112148100100308

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“…Generally, the birth of a child brings joy and excitement. The birth also brings new challenges and responsibilities for parents as they adjust their lives to the new family member (Gabel & Kotsch, 1981;Mirfin-Veitch, Bray, & Watson, 1997). In many circles it is commonly accepted that the birth of child with a disability has a direct impact on a family, which in turn sets the stage for a variety of that family's responses that will influence family members' roles and involvement (Brennan, 1997).…”

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“…Grandparents can add stress or emotional burden to the family of the child with a disability if the grandparents cannot adjust well to their situation (Gabel & Kotsch, 1981;Hastings, Thomas, & Delwiche, 2002;Hornby & Ashworth, 1994). Romeis (1980) investigated the role of grandparents in family adjustment to a child's epilepsy.…”

Section: The Emotional Impact Of the Birth Of Grandchildren With Disamentioning

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“…The burdens placed on parents in raising children with disabilities often necessitate that they receive some degree of support from outside the nuclear family (Gabel & Kotsch, 1981;Gardner, Scherman, Efthimiadis, & Schultz, 2004;Sandler et al, 1995;Vadasy et al, 1986). Among the support sources outside the nuclear family, grandparents are the most prevalent and important (although friends, neighbors, and other extended family members may offer valuable support) (Katz & Kessel, 2002).…”

Section: Grandparent Support Roles For the Family With Children With mentioning

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Grandparents' Involvement and Support in Families with Children with Disabilities

Lee

Gardner

2010

Educational Gerontology

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Grandparents' Involvement and Support in Families with Children with Disabilities

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Gardner

2010

Educational Gerontology

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“…Having support (e.g. help from friends and family) and resources (financial resources, personal resources) reduces stress (Bristol, 1979, Zeitlin, Williamson & Rosenblatt, 1985, Dyson & Fewell, 1986, Gabel & Kotsch, 1981. Multi-risk families often have high levels of stress (environment, parent and child) and low levels of support such as isolation, few friends, no phone, no transportation, lack of work (Cicchetti, 1987), Breitmayer & Ramey, 1982).…”

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Adding variety to parent involvement activities

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Lowenthal

1993

Early Child Development and Care

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“…Typically, activities for parents have focused on the mother and on mother-child dyads. Now we are recognizing that the needs, perceptions, and contributions of fathers (Parke, 1986), siblings (Simeonsson & Bailey, 1986), and grandparents (Gabel & Kotsch, 1981) are important factors to consider. We do not yet know what type(s) of direct intervention might be most useful for these family members, nor do we know the specific effects of excluding certain family members from intervention.…”

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Effective Strategies For Involving Families in Intervention Efforts

Winton¹

1986

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A focus on parents in the last two decades, and on families most recently, has been a notable and consistent trend within the field of special education. Although continuity is apparent in the sense of the overall emphasis, the treatment of and attitudes toward families have undergone a series of shifts over time. These changes and how they have affected parent involvement policy and practice have been described in some detail elsewhere (see . Nevertheless, an examination of the most recent shift in thinking on parent involvement--0ne in which all of us in the field are a part-can provide the framework for applying effective strategies in working with families. PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN EARLY INTERVENTIONThe importance of involving parents of handicapped children in early intervention efforts was a recurrent and undisputed theme of the 1970s. Research clearly demonstrated parents' significant contribution to child development. The major assumption underlying efforts to involve parents was that this contribution could be enhanced by teaching parents (parents as learners) how to better manage and teach (parents as teachers) their own children. Professionals' efforts to improve services for parents primarily focused on ways to increase parent participation in activities of this type and on development of various parent training curricula and materials. The search for a model parent involvement program that could be disseminated on a nationwide basis was an elusive goal that some sought.The reason for involving parents was to enhance child outcome. This was so in spite of ample evidence demonstrating that parents of handicapped children had needs of their own. They were shown to suffer from depression, marital discord, and chronic sorrow, among other things. Within special education the predominant approach to dealing with this issue was to provide parent support groups. But the parent involvement trend of the 1970s did not incorporate an understanding of how parent needs might interact with child needs or interfere or be at cross purposes with the professional desire to enlist parent support for the educational process.

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Extended families and young handicapped children

Cited by 21 publications

References 12 publications

Grandparents' Involvement and Support in Families with Children with Disabilities

Grandparents' Involvement and Support in Families with Children with Disabilities

Adding variety to parent involvement activities

Effective Strategies For Involving Families in Intervention Efforts

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