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Download full textWitcher, Ann E. – 1987
Educators need to understand the grieving process that parents often experience when they learn their child has a handicapping condition. The diagnosis of a handicapping condition may result in a symbolic death--the death of the preconceived "perfect" child, and the death of the parents' plans, hopes, and dreams for that child. The stages of grief…
Descriptors: Anger, Depression (Psychology), Disabilities, Emotional Adjustment
Peer reviewedNelson, Jo Ann Neville; Simmerer, Norma J. – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Relates the self-reported behavior of 19 mothers and 19 fathers with their ratings of the activity levels, mood quality, intensity, approach behavior, adaptability, and persistence of three- to four-year-old children. Results suggest that the child's behavior style may contribute to the parents' behavior style and that mothers and fathers may…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Correlation, Fathers, Mothers
