ISSN:0196-206X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1983

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Diagnostic and assessment procedures are effective to the extent that they generate and motivate individuals and family members to seek recommended change, consultation, and treatment. There is always the potential that an excellent diagnostic process may end in failure, if the family cannot be motivated to take the information seriously and follow through with recommendations. Well-intentioned clinicians have experienced various difficulties conducting family conferences in order to relate diagnostic information. These difficulties seem related to “myths” that clinicians sometimes fall victim to. The purpose of this paper is to review some of those myths and to question their validity. In doing so, it is anticipated that family conferences will be regarded as a significant event, commensurate with their importance in the total diagnostic and evaluative process.

ISSN:0196-206X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1983

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

A 3-year-old boy and his 9-month old sister received developmental assessments 2 weeks after removal from a neglectful and abusive family. The children were evaluated for a second time 5 months after removal, after spending the interval together in a foster care setting. They received no specialized services geared toward stimulating their development. Significant impairments in growth, cognition, adaptive skills, and language noted during the initial assessment were not as evident at followup. The developmental profiles, however, were not normal. The largest gains were in adaptive skills. Expressive language skills remained relatively impaired. It appears that significant developmental gains can occur in developmentally impaired children who are removed from an abusive and neglectful home and placed in foster care for several months.

ISSN:0196-206X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1983

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0196-206X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1983

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0196-206X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1983

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0196-206X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1983

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0196-206X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1983

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0196-206X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1983

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0196-206X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1983

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Pediatric care for chronic illness necessarily involves the sick child's family. Effective medical care includes knowledge of the family as a social system and an understanding of the challenges that chronic illness in childhood brings to both the ill child and his family. Several potential difficulties may arise for the family, including overprotection of the ill child, the development of a split in the marriage as one parent cares exclusively for the ill child, and disruption of the remainder of family life. Specific characteristics of family interaction have been associated with varieties of medical difficulties and psychosocial maladaptation for the child. Pediatric care should include family interventions which enhance the family's ability to manage the chronic illness as well as improve their child's psychosocial status. Structural family therapy has been demonstrated to be effective in treating severe family maladaptation to chronic illness arid in significantly improving the child's condition. The tenets of family therapy for maladaptation to chronic illness are also reviewed.

ISSN:0196-206X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1983

数据来源: OVID