Coping and Social Support in Families of Developmentally Disabled Children
Family RelationsPublished 1 January 1984
Robert Schilling, Lewayne D. Gilchrist, Steven P. Schinke
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A structured group approach to teach parents of handicapped children to use personal coping and social supports is described, viewed as increasingly of interest to practitioners and investigators who recognize that such parents encounter extraordinary stress.
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Personal coping and social supports are presented as resources for parents of handicapped children. These closely linked concepts are viewed as increasingly of interest to practitioners and investigators who recognize that such parents encounter extraordinary stress. An overview of the difficulties faced by parents of handicapped children is followed by a review of several studies on coping among such parents. The authors describe a structured group approach to teach parents of handicapped children to use personal coping and social supports.
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