Childhood Disability and Family Systems

First published in 1987, this book focuses on childhood disability within the family. It examines the very nature of disability itself, as well as many of the fundamental elements of families.

Michael Ferrari, Marvin B. Sussman

Contributors; Editor's Introduction; Part I: Contemporary Context of Disability 1. Childhood Disability: Prevalence and Incidence Inez Marie Fitzgerald 2. Background Forces in Policies for Care and Treatment of Disability Joseph Newman 3. The Economic and Psychosocial Consequences of Disability: Family-Society Relationships Rosalyn Benjamin Darling Part II: Ethical Issues 4. Ethical Considerations Facing Society in Rehabilitating Severely Disabled Persons John H. Noble, Jr. 5. Rights of Children Born with Disabilities: Issues, Inconsistencies, and Recommendations for Advocacy Rob Palkovitz, Christopher B. Wolfe Part III: Family Effects 6. The Family Crisis: Diagnosis of a Severely Disabled Child 7. The Hospitalization of a Child and Family Responses Dene G. Klinzing and Dennis R. Klinzing 8. Family Subsystem Functions and Disabled Children: Some Conceptual Issues Part IV: Care Systems 9. A Typology of Childhood Disorders and Related Support Services James E. Lindemann and Sally J. Lindemann 10. Professional Helpers and Families with Disabled Children: A Social Network Perspective Anne E. Kazak 11. Systems of Care for Disabled Children and Family Members: New Paradigms and Alternatives Penny L. Deiner 12. Services to Families During Three Stages of a Handicapped Person's Life Martha W. Krauss and Janet Z. Giele 13. Analytic Essay: Transformation of Disabilities into Abilities as Portrayed in the Works of Menotti Kris Jeter