Ordinary Families, Special Children, Third Edition 3/e

I. Conceptual Framework 1. Introduction and Conceptual Framework I: Social and Cultural Systems 2. Conceptual Framework II: Family Systems Theory and Childhood Disability 3. All Families Are Not Alike: Social and Cultural Diversity in Reaction to Childhood Disability II. The Family Life Cycle 4. Becoming the Parent of a Child with a Disability: Reactions to First Information 5. Childhood: Continuing Adaptation 6. Looking to the Future: Adolescence and Adulthood III. The Family System 7. Effects on the Family as a System 8. Effects on Fathers 9. Effects on Siblings 10. Effects on Grandparents IV. Approaches to Intervention 11. Professional-Family Interaction: Working toward Partnership 12. Perspectives and Approaches for Working with Families 13. Applying a Partnership Approach to Assessing Family Resources, Concerns, and Priorities: Developing Family Service Plans