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Schleifer, Maxwell J. – Exceptional Parent, 1979
The article presents a personal profile of the many adjustment problems facing a physically handicapped seventh-grader who had spent the previous six years in a special school and was now being mainstreamed into a regular junior high, and how it affected his family. (DLS)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Family Problems, Junior High Schools, Mainstreaming
Schleifer, Maxwell J. – Exceptional Parent, 1974
The case study of the adjustment problems of an adolescent blind boy and his family after moving to a new town are told from the points of view of each parent, the boy, and the counselor. (DB)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Blindness, Case Studies
Schleifer, Maxwell J. – Exceptional Parent, 1973
Presented is a case history of the family dynamics of a family with a blind 17-year-old son from the viewpoints of each of the three normal family members and of the counselor. (DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blindness, Case Studies, Exceptional Child Education
Schleifer, Maxwell J. – Exceptional Parent, 1974
A case history is presented which illustrates problems of the husband and the 12-year-old daughter in a family where the mother devoted almost all her energy to her cerebral palsied son. (GW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cerebral Palsy, Exceptional Child Education, Family (Sociological Unit)
Schleifer, Maxwell J. – Exceptional Parent, 1992
Parents of an adolescent with severe physical disabilities talk with a counselor about their marital problems, which are focused on the financial strains caused by the expenses of sending their daughter to a private school. Counseling focused on the parents' need to reevaluate their own desires. (DB)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Family Problems, Family Relationship
Schleifer, Maxwell J. – Exceptional Parent, 1991
A case is discussed in which parents of a disabled child seek counseling for the strain placed on their relationship by child care demands. The importance of understanding each other's perspective on child care and home management is emphasized, along with sharing burdens and maintaining open communication through stressful years. (PB)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Coping, Disabilities, Family Counseling