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Participant Evaluations of the Effectiveness of Their Parent Counseling Groups
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Tavormina, J. B.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1976
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Group Counseling, Mental Retardation, Mothers
Group Counseling with Parents of the MR: Leadership Selection and Functioning
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Sternlicht, Manny; Sullivan, Ina – Mental Retardation, 1974
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Group Discussion, Group Structure, Leadership
Team Interpretation of MR to Parents
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Morgan, Sam B. – Mental Retardation, 1973
Offered are suggestions for more effective interpretation of mental retardation to parents for trainees and professionals doing team evaluations in interdisciplinary settings. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mental Retardation, Parent Attitudes
Effects of Group Procedure with Parents of MR Children
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Lewis, Juliet – Mental Retardation, 1972
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Exceptional Child Research, Group Therapy, Mental Retardation
The Social Worker in a Public Day School for TMRs
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Kaufmann, Ruth L. – Mental Retardation, 1975
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation, Parent Counseling
The "Shopping" Behavior of Parents of Mentally Retarded Children: The Professional Person's Role
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Anderson, Kathryn A. – Mental Retardation, 1971
Discussed is the role of the professional in preventing or stopping diagnostic and therapeutic shopping (repeated visits to the same or different professionals without resolution of a resolvable problem), with emphasis on the initial informing interview. (KW)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Exceptional Child Services, Mental Retardation, Parent Attitudes
Interpreting Mental Retardation to Parents in a Multi-Discipline Diagnostic Clinic
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Stephens, Wyatt E. – Mental Retardation, 1969
Based on a paper presented at the International Conference of the Council for Exceptional Children (New York City, 1968). (RJ)
Descriptors: Clinics, Counseling Services, Exceptional Child Services, Mental Retardation
Counseling Parents of Handicapped Children: A Review
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Tretakoff, Maurice – Mental Retardation, 1969
Descriptors: Anxiety, Emotional Problems, Exceptional Child Services, Mental Retardation
A Modeling Approach to Changing Parent-Child Interactions
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Seitz, Sue; Terdal, Leif – Mental Retardation, 1972
A paradigm wherein a mother was reinforced for observing and modeling her child's therapist produced significant changes in a maladaptive parent-child interaction pattern. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Models
Ethical Considerations Relating to Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetuses with Down Syndrome.
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Pueschel, Siegfried M. – Mental Retardation, 1991
Prenatal diagnostic procedures that can determine the existence of genetic diseases or chromosome disorders such as Down's syndrome are described, and legal considerations are outlined. Arguments for and against aborting fetuses with Down's syndrome are presented, and the need for genetic counseling for prospective parents is emphasized.…
Descriptors: Abortions, Clinical Diagnosis, Congenital Impairments, Downs Syndrome
Training Parent Therapists
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Tymchuk, Alexander J. – Mental Retardation, 1975
A model is presented for working with parents of the developmentally disabled which combines dynamic and behavioral therapeutic strategies. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Conceptual Schemes, Developmental Disabilities
Social Workers' Perceptions of Older Parents Caring at Home for Sons and Daughters with Developmental Disabilities.
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McCallion, Philip; Tobin, Sheldon S. – Mental Retardation, 1995
Social workers (n=395) were surveyed concerning their role in assisting older parents of developmentally disabled individuals with permanency planning. Practitioners, administrators, and educators similarly perceived ease in counseling aging families, but also noted their need for additional resources and specialized training. Recommendations…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Rearing, Counseling, Counselor Attitudes
Parental Perceptions of Physicians' Communication in the Informing Process.
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Lynch, Evelyn C.; Staloch, Nancy Herrud – Mental Retardation, 1988
Parental response to being informed of their young child's mental handicap was examined through interviews with 50 parents. Results indicated that the majority of parents were told of the handicap in a generally positive manner, after minimal contact with the physician, and during the child's first month of life. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Counselor Client Relationship, Early Childhood Education, Handicap Identification, Helping Relationship