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| Journal Articles | 29 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 12 |
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| Reports - General | 1 |
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Exceptional Parent, 1984
The case study focuses on a family's relationship and communication regarding their teenage daughter's need for corrective orthopedic surgery. (CL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family Counseling, Family Relationship, Physical Disabilities
Exceptional Parent, 1982
The case study examines the problems of a 15-year-old younger sibling of a handicapped young man. The boy's problems in school and with his parents, brother, and the family counseling process are considered. (DB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Emotional Problems, Family Counseling
Exceptional Parent, 1988
A case study of a family with an eight-year-old Downs Syndrome son describes the parents' reactions to an outburst by their adolescent daughter who felt she bore too much responsibility caring for her disabled sibling. A counselor's analysis of the family's difficulties and solutions discovered through family meetings are included. (VW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Childhood Attitudes, Downs Syndrome, Family Counseling
Exceptional Parent, 1989
The article reviews a case study of the counseling needs of a family which included a 16-year-old child with a severe learning problem. (DB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Depression (Psychology), Family Counseling, Family Problems
Exceptional Parent, 1976
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Family Counseling, Handicapped Children, Psychological Testing
Exceptional Parent, 1976
Discussed is the role of the psychologist in serving handicapped children and their families. (SB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Family Counseling, Handicapped Children, Psychologists
Sage, Maureen – Exceptional Parent, 1979
The mother of a retarded child relates her experiences in adjusting to her child's handicap and offers an excerpt of a journal she kept while participating in group counseling for parents of disabled children. (SBH)
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Family Counseling, Family Relationship, Mental Retardation
Schleifer, Maxwell J., Ed. – Exceptional Parent, 1989
The article recounts the counseling process of a divorced couple who are helped to make joint decisions concerning their handicapped 12-year-old son. (DB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Disabilities, Family Counseling
Exceptional Parent, 1987
During a family counseling session parents of a developmentally disabled teenager and their young adult son discuss the angry reactions of the young adult son during an estate planning session. (DB)
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Estate Planning, Family Counseling, Family Problems
Exceptional Parent, 1985
The case study focuses on reluctance of parents of a disabled young adult to allow her to move into her own apartment. Noted are the daughter's need to take risks and the importance of viewing such moves as trial efforts. (CL)
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Family Counseling, Family Relationship, Mental Retardation
Exceptional Parent, 1988
A counselor analyzes problems posed by a family's decision to have a party to celebrate their 19-year-old Down Syndrome son's high school graduation and new job. Consideration of other family members' needs and attitudes resulted in a positive experience and more open communication. (DB)
Descriptors: Downs Syndrome, Education Work Relationship, Family Counseling, Family Problems
Exceptional Parent, 1986
A case study is presented of a 15-year-old with a history of learning disabilities and delinquency problems throughout his childhood and adolescence. Continuing family therapy involving both parents, the child, and his older brother facilitated expression of concern on everyone's part and improvement of the child's reading and mathematics skills.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Counseling
Exceptional Parent, 1989
The impact of geographic relocation on a married couple and their son with cerebral palsy is discussed. Counseling helped the family to adjust to their new community and resolve such problems as lack of family or friends nearby and the boy's acceptance in a more competitive school where he initially had no friends. (JDD)
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Family Counseling, Family Problems, Geographic Location
Exceptional Parent, 1975
Presented is a case history of a family with a retarded adult and an aging father. (CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Exceptional Child Services, Family Attitudes
Exceptional Parent, 1987
Family counseling helped parents, who had spent an extraordinary amount of time trying to determine appropriate interventions for their autistic son (amid conflicting recommendations from professionals) to better deal with other family problems, and their nonhandicapped daughter's behavioral problems, feelings of sadness and ineffectiveness in…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Problems, Coping, Family Counseling
