Exam 4: Parents Families and Exceptionality

The family's ability to change in response to a crisis or stressful event is known as

The stages of parental reaction to having a child with a disability should be viewed as

The initial response to a child's disability is ambivalence.

The time period (mid-1940s to early 1970s)is characterized by_________ according to Freidson (1970).

Chaotic families are characterized by all of the following except

The fundamental belief underlying a ________________ is that a family is an interrelated social system with unique characteristics and needs.

All of the following are current descriptions of how service providers and professionals view the parental of exceptional children except

It is safe to assume that all families will view the diagnosis of their child with a disability as a devastating tragedy.

A disability should always be considered in

Explain how the identification of an individual as disabled affects the entire family. Include in your discussion the perspectives of parents, grandparents, and siblings.

Discuss potential life cycle issues that parents and siblings may experience in each stage of the family life cycle: early childhood, school age, adolescence, and adulthood.

The implementation of _________ and PL 101-476 signaled a change in the status of parent-professional relationships.

Schools are expected to involve parents in decision-making processes when

What is an underlying assumption of the family systems model?

IDEA ushered in a new era of child-parent relationships.

Because different cultures perceive the cause of a disability, the etiology of a disability is a reflection of a family's cultural reference.

The relationships and interactions among and between family subsystems are

Issues that the parents of a child with a disability might address when the child is an adolescent (ages 12-21)are

According to family systems theory, an issue such as a child's exceptionality can only be fully understood within the context of the

The movement from one stage to another, within the family life cycle, is characterized as