| Systems Approach to families |
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| how each individual functions in a family and how the affect everyone else in the families |
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| Basic Characteristics that all families tend to have (5) |
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| Purpose, Structure, Rules, Order or Methods of Operation, Preserve/ Perpetuate themselves |
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| Perpetuate the familySocialize the ChildrenServe as an Economic BaseTaking care of Rents in old age |
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| Each family has its own set of rulesPut in place to help keep fam. intact best they canSocietal rules influence family and differ from culture to culture |
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| What each memeber of the inital couple bring to the relationship? |
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| Standards/ Criteria$$EducationReligionCulture |
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| What adjusments are needed for the couple to make? |
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| Division of Labor/ Respon.Money management (2nd leading cause of separation)Communication SkillsWillingness to CompromiseFriends and social activitiesSexHas to work for Both |
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| When having a child feelings that can manifest are:(long term commitment) |
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| AnticipationApprehensionJoyDepression (PPD)Challenged (love)Threatened (sibs) |
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Adaptations a family makes for its new member:
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| Roles changeChanges in social status (friends? child friendly places)$$ babies cost 160 grand plusRulesPatterns of Relationship |
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| bond, need, work hard to make relationship work, lose part of self when they die |
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| social smileeye contactbabblingphysical contact |
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| Feel safe, free to explore, touches base with mum, wants to be picked up |
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| takes off, doesn’t care about mum, gets upset when picked up |
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| independent, emerges around 2 def. by 3, don’t hinder could mess with personality |
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| temper tantrums, yelling, screaminglearned from all around them |
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| precieved or reallearned from something (mum’s reaction, actual experience) |
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| High Defree of Psychological ControlOvercontrollingLack of Sufficient ControlHostile Little AffectionWarm and Accepting |
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| High Degree of Psychological Control |
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| guilt trips, mind gamesyields a child who is regressive and dependent |
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| by-by play of actionsyields a child who is passive and inhibitive |
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| child wants attentionyields impulsivity |
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| Hostile/ Little Affection |
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| swearing, parents model being upset |
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| not fuzzy, nutures child without being overbearingyields well-adjusted child |
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| To Promote Language Development |
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| use more simple vocab/ shorter sentencespause longer and more definitively b/w sentences (conversation)empahzise key words with inflections |
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| make whatever the child is doing seem interestingexploratory play(things to play and learn with)Help and encouragement will be there (help weigh pros and cons but child makes ultimate descion, more app when older)Explain and Demonstrate |
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| Rosen’s Stages of Acceptance(for a family with a child with a disability) |
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| Awareness (susupect)Recognition (formal diagnosis)Search for Causation”Search for Cure”Acceptance |
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| Variable affecting Parental Reactions |
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| Social Acceptability/ ExpectationsDenialSocio-Economic StatusBehaviorNature of the Disability |
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| teet-tooter changin of emotionssends child mixed messagesyields a child that could lead to behavior problemsoverindulge the child |
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| come up with an insignificant incident that could be the cause |
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| drugs alcohol smokingactaully did things that affected development negatively |
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| Forms of Rejection parents display to thier child with disabilities |
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| Under ExpectationOver EcpectationsPunishment/ Abandonment/ Abuse(some parents feel they are being punished) |
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| Avoid making comparisons with other childshopping behavior (get the diagnosis they want to hear)Parents are just “not there” |
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| to place blame on someone else3 people blamed: Doc. T and Spousegods environment society |
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| Novelty Shock CrisisVaule CrisisReality Crisis |
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| Unsuspecting parentsNeed: 411 and SUPPORT |
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| Child might no live up to parent’s valuesNeed: Prolonged Counseling |
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| Who take care of child$$ insurance might not coverCare medical/ adaptations, medsNeed: Practical Down to earth help |
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| Parents Needs when they Have a child with Disabilities |
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| COMMUNICATIONExplaination of Etiology (causation)HELP- human contact, resources, maintain normal as possible family lifeProviding for that Child’s Future |
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| Reasons Parents Will Withdraw |
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| (leads not to a normal life/ stress on fam)Community pressuresFear of the unknowGuilt ChildcareFamily (external) can be cruel |
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| Providing for a Child’s Future |
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| Have a willWho gets charge of kidsHealthcare proxiesEstablish financial savings for the childrenGuadian Ship |
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| Needs of the Child with a Disability |
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| Needs of Siblings (this case w/o disabilities) |
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| COMMUNICATIONConcerns->work, “catching”, hurt, how will others react, separate identity, guilt$$Is is genetic?ATTENTION (may feel neglected, parents overwhelmed, devote to sib b/c guilt, or just unfit) |
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| IFSP: Individualized Family Service Plan |
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| IDEA plan for family of child with Special NeedsRequires->multi-dis assessment of strengths and needs of child and services neededFamily Directed Assessment to get IFSGets fam in contact with LEA |
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daysreduce ed. costsmin. institutionalizingmax potential of idenpendent livingTO ENHANCE CAPACIT OF FAMILIES TO MEET THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF THEIR CHIld |
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| Teachers and Families with children adn Special Needs |
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| Treat Parents as IndividualsFocus on the Present and FutureClarify INformationBe Hopefully RealisticHelp Famlies Let GoIncrease Fam Involvement in ClassKnow Available Community ResourcesHelp Reestablish Self-Confidence |
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| External Factors Causing Stress to Families |
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| $$Work PressureCommunity PressureTimeNo helpNot having resources |
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| Emotional Responses by Families |
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| Stress/ no timeLove/ acceptancehappiness/ sadnessOpen/ closedTrusting/ notanger/ fear |
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| Types of Diversity in Typical Community |
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| religionabilitiessocio-economicfamily make-upsGLBTfoodculture |
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| Teacher Obligations to Family |
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| be openlistendon’t add stress to famiyUnderstand-walk in their shoes$ might be tightWelcome all families in classroombenfit from their knowledge |
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| Seven Characteristics that Influence the Nature of Modern Families |
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| Marital InstabilityChanges in role behaviorMobility, urbanization, and immigrationDecresing family sizeIncreased rate of social changeDevelopment of child-centered societyStress in modern living |
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| Various Make-ups- nuclear, extended, same sex parents, single parents, divorced Families share bonds, purpose, rules, love |
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| small group intimate, transacting, and interdependent persons who share values goals resources and other responsibilities for descions, have a commitmen to another |
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| Trends in Modern Families |
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| Fewer couples are getting legally marriedMore couple are breaking upFamilies are getting smallerChildren experience more transitionsAdults 🙂 with lifeFamily violence underreportedMultiple-earners in famWomen still do most jugglingInequalit is worseningThe future will have more aging families |
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| work for the well-being of the unitSupport each otherrespect uniqueness in the othersSpend time together to build family cohesionDelegate responsibilityAllow kids to make mistakes and face consequencesHave a spiritual dimensionContribute to the well being of society around them |
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| defiecient parentscontrolling parentsaddicted parentsabusive parents |
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| NurturerAs an AdultAs an IndividualAs a workerAS a ConsumerAs a Community MemberAs an Educator |
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| Seven Emotional Responses of Parents (in having chilfren) |
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| Validation of Adult StatusExpansion of SelfAchievement of moral VauleIncreasing sources of affectionStimulation/ noveltyPower/ Influence over anotherAchievement/ competenceSocial Comparasion/ CompetitionEconomic Utility |
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| ParentingCommunicationVolunteeringLearning at HomeDecision MakingCollaborating with the Community |
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