Ordinary Families, Special Children: Systems Approach to Childhood Disability, A: Second Edition

Book info: Ordinary Families, Special Children: Systems Approach to Childhood Disability, A: Second Edition (Hardcover, 324 pages) – The Guilford Press, 1997. Language: English.

This comprehensive and clinically useful resource provides a multisystems perspective on childhood disability and its effects on family life. The volume examines the many variables that shape the ways families respond to childhood disability and the extent to which they can overcome the physical, cultural, and social barriers to a satisfactory lifestyle. Integrating theory and research with evocative first-hand accounts from parents, siblings, and grandparents, the authors demonstrate how to apply a social and family systems-based approach to assessment and intervention with diverse families.