SW 644: Issues in Developmental Disabilities Parent Centered Movement Part II

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SW 644 Issues in Developmental
DisabilitiesParent Centered Movement Part II

• Lecture Presenter
• Audrey Begun, M.S.W., Ph.D.

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Video of Betty, Doris, and Susan
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Family Interview

• Launching and ongoing care

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Family Interview (2)

• Sexuality, marriage, and kids

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Family Interview (3)

• Late adulthood and the aging process

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Concepts

• Update a video view of the family rather than a
  snapshot
• Think about the interaction of past, present, and
  future events
• Look at a paranormative event within the context
  of normative life cycle events for the family

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Concepts (cont.)

• Distinguishing between the normative and
  paranormative
• Maintaining an awareness of multiple forces
  acting on a family
• Recognizing the non-linear nature of family
  development

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The Family Adaptation Adjustment Perspective

• Responses to having a family member with a
  disability
• Resilience
• Adaptation
• Adjustment

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Resilience

• Concept derives from public health epidemiology
• Resilience based on recognition of the fact that
  a population can be equally exposed to something
  harmful, yet there are many who do not succumb to
  its effects
• Vulnerability depends on what families bring to
  the situation
• Level of risk depends on environmental context
  and external resources

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Adaptation

• Adaptation refers to the process which help a
  family to achieve a comfortable balance to
  promote the growth development of individual
  members and the system as a whole

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Adjustment

• Adjustment refers to the relatively short-term
  response, usually to a specific event or stressor

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Support Systems

• Costs benefits
• Goodness of fit
• Formal informal

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Eco Map