This video is a collection of various feeling, and struggles that a parent of a child with a disability faces daily. It provides a range of examples from a parent who forgot to order a child's prescription and it won't ship for 10 days to a parent who already feels isolated and must build a tall fence so their child won't escape. The video is told through various parent's perspectives addressed to teachers, physicians, therapists, etc. These are the people who chose a career that CAN make a difference in the life of a child of a disability and their families. As a "teacher in training" I found these messages to be powerful:
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Parents of Disabled Children "Their Today":
I wanted to get a parent's perspective of what it is like to raise a child with a disability. Divorce is common in families that have a child with a disability due to the stress and responsibility of raising a child with special needs. I want to know what a day in the life of parent of a child that has a disability is like? Reasons why parents may choose to separate?
This video is a collection of various feeling, and struggles that a parent of a child with a disability faces daily. It provides a range of examples from a parent who forgot to order a child's prescription and it won't ship for 10 days to a parent who already feels isolated and must build a tall fence so their child won't escape. The video is told through various parent's perspectives addressed to teachers, physicians, therapists, etc. These are the people who chose a career that CAN make a difference in the life of a child of a disability and their families. As a "teacher in training" I found these messages to be powerful:
This video is a collection of various feeling, and struggles that a parent of a child with a disability faces daily. It provides a range of examples from a parent who forgot to order a child's prescription and it won't ship for 10 days to a parent who already feels isolated and must build a tall fence so their child won't escape. The video is told through various parent's perspectives addressed to teachers, physicians, therapists, etc. These are the people who chose a career that CAN make a difference in the life of a child of a disability and their families. As a "teacher in training" I found these messages to be powerful:
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Before I investiagte the statistics:
Impact of Child Disability on Family...
Before, I begin to further investigate my original questions: "How families cope with the stress of having a child with a disability?" and "How many families remain in tact, divorce, etc" I want to deepen my knowledge of the impact of child disability on the family. What are the child's needs? How must the family adapt and accommodate to meet their child's needs? How do these changes affect the family's everyday life? Do theses changes cause the family stress? Essentially, how is the family dynamic affected by having a child with a disability?
Families with disabled children represent a sizeable share of all American households. Living with a disabled child can have profound effects on the entire family, which in turn can affect the health and well-being of the child who is disabled. Much needs to be learned about how children’s health affects their parents, siblings, and other family members and about how family characteristics and resources modify those associations. I have found an article the reviews what is known about the effects of child disability on the family, provides an overview of the complex needs of and multitude of resources available to families of disabled children, and concludes with suggested directions for practice, research, and public policy ((Reichman, Corman & Noonan, 2007).
Monday, April 9, 2012
An investigation of how child's disability affects the family?
How does a child's disability affect the family?
Coping Strategies
- How do families meet the needs of their child with a disability?
- How do families manage the stress and responsibilities of having a child with a disability?
- What resources outside of the home do parents utilize?
Family structure
- How many families remain intact?
- How often do parents of a child with a disability separate or get a divorce?
- At what point in time of the child's life does this typically occur?
- How are other family members affected by the stress of having a sibling, grandchild, cousin, niece/ nephew with a disability?
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