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Disabilities Young or Old Affects A Family’s Communication

Disabilities Young or Old Affects A Family’s Communication. Websites. 5-Stage Model of families in Crisis. Impact - Family in shock; disorganized Denial - Family shopping for cures; disbelief Grief - Sadness, combined with guilt and sorrow

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Disabilities Young or Old Affects A Family’s Communication

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  1. Disabilities Young or Old Affects A Family’s Communication Websites

  2. 5-Stage Model of families in Crisis • Impact - Family in shock; disorganized • Denial - Family shopping for cures; disbelief • Grief - Sadness, combined with guilt and sorrow • Focusing Outward – seeking info; accepting reality • Closure – Emergence of Family Solidarity

  3. Types of Stress in Crises • Situational stress – interactions with the mentally ill individual • Societal stress – arises from negative attitudes • Iatrogenic stress – that which is caused by lack of or misinformed service providers

  4. Publishes two scholarly journals - Journal of Marriage and Family and Family Relations • Promotes family life education, sets criteria and guidelines for family life education curriculum. • This website is designed to offer social support to families in need of direction. It offers many programs of education as well as organizations that can help families in crisis. http://www.ncfr.com/about_us/index.asp

  5. Factors in Family Stress • Breaking down Barriers leads to Management of Family Stress • Determining the Boundaries of a family • Boundaries help determine the role family members • Boundaries strengthen roles which break down the barriers http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/familydevelopment/DE2469.html

  6. ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilitiesand Gifted Education (ERIC EC) • A Guide to Disability Rights Laws • Several links to Information Lines http://ericec.org/lawguide.html#top

  7. Children's Disability List of Lists • Disability lists include areas of ADD to Vision • List provides many links to other resources that may not be listed here • http://www.childrensdisabilities.info/speclists.html

  8. Siblings of children with disabilities • Siblings reactions in the family • Factors in family stress • Importance of educating the sibling • Plan for the future • Suggestions for parents to enable the sibling http://www.Idonline.org/Id_indepth/family/family-1.html

  9. Stress in the family with disabilities • Abstracts of Journals and Articles dealing with disabilities • Lists websites through ERIC database http://ericec.org/faq/siblings.html

  10. University of South Dakota Website • Center for Disabilities, address and phone numbers and resource guide • Online access to dictionary of medical terms http://www.usd.edu/cd/publications/dictionary.cfm

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