SW 644: Issues in Developmental Disabilities Parent Centered Movement Part I

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SW 644 Issues in Developmental
DisabilitiesParent Centered Movement Part I

• Lecture Presenter
• Audrey Begun, M.S.W., Ph.D.

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Video of Don Anderson
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Video of Dr. Begun
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Family Issues

• Environmental context
• Early intervention IDEA, Part H
• Family-centered perspective

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Family Systems Perspective

• Emotional bonds interaction patterns
• History
• Values
• Goals
• Dreams
• Belief systems
• Interactions outside of family

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Holism

• The family as a system is more than a sum of its
  parts

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Interdependence

• Change in one part of the family affects the
  entire family system (directly indirectly)
• Circularity of influence

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Subsystems

• Subsystems are imbedded within the larger family
  system
• Marital husband wife
• Parental parent child
• Sibling brother sisters

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Social and Environmental Context

• The family system exists within a larger social
  environmental context
• Family
• Microcosm (informal)
• Mesocosm (formal)
• Macrocosm (broader, general environment)

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Multiple Generations

• Families are multi-generational

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Recognizing Systems Perspective

• Asking about household membership, extended
  family, neighbors
• Considering how a planned intervention will
  affect the child and other family members and
  their relationships
• Asking questions about the persons interaction
  with various other family members

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Recognizing Systems Perspective (cont.)

• Planning takes account of the familys view of
  their own past, present, and future
• Considering welfare, growth, and development of
  person with disability, family members and family
  system as a whole
• Considering factors outside the family as well as
  the family itself

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Family Development Perspective

• Family Developmental Triggers
• Developmental change in any individual family
  member
• Change in any one of the subsystems or
  relationships
• Change in family membership
• Pressure for change from the familys ecological
  context

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Family Development Stage Theories

• Normative stage model
• Life events model
• Paranormative events are those which do not
  generally happen to a majority of families
• Vertical/horizontal stressor events

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Developmental Issues for Families

• Initial diagnosis period
• Coming to terms
• Engaging the service delivery system
• Settling in