Family Adjustment and Adaptation with Children with Down Syndrome

Autor/in	Abery, Brian H.
Titel	Family Adjustment and Adaptation with Children with Down Syndrome
Quelle	In: Focus on Exceptional Children, 38 (2006) 6, S.1-18 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0015-511X
Schlagwörter	Developmental Disabilities; Coping; Down Syndrome; Adjustment (to Environment); Family Environment; Family Relationship; Child Behavior; Child Rearing; Social Support Groups; Resources; Stress Variables; Parent Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Entwicklungsstörung; Bewältigung; 'Downs Syndrome; Down''s Syndrome'; Down-Syndrom; Familienmilieu; Kindererziehung; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Betriebsmittel; Hilfsmittel; Elternverhalten
Abstract	The birth of a child with Down syndrome has the "potential" to have many effects upon the family. Conversely, the way in which individual family members and the family as a whole respond to this situation has the capacity to have a profound impact on the child's development. This "bidirectional" process, in which the child's behavior affects the family at the same time the family affects the child, has begun to be understood only recently. An overview of the research literature as well as personal experience suggests that, though some families do have difficulty rearing a child with a developmental disability, many families take it in stride, adjusting over time, adapting to higher demands, and growing as individuals and families along the way. This article discusses how one might best understand this complicated process of adjustment, adaptation, and coping. It also discusses three factors associated with families' success in adapting to rearing a child with Down syndrome or any other disability. These factors, called family capacities, are the following: (1) the "meanings" the family and its individual members attribute to the demands of the situation and their capability to meet these demands; (2) the "resources" the family has available or is able to acquire; and (3) the "coping behaviors" the family uses in an attempt to achieve a balance between demands and resources. (Contains 1 figure, 2 tables and 70 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10