Choice Board 4 ch. 3 and 4

The Categories of a family

• affection
• self-esteem
• economics
• daily care
• socialization
• recreation
• Education

Families who consider themselves successful share affection and positive family interaction.

Important Characterizations of Affection

• The exchange of unconditional love
• The exchange of physical & verbal affection
• The exchange of unconditional love

Having a child with a disability may effect new parent's self-esteem.

Help the family by:

• Affirming their strengths
• Let it be known that they have made a difference
• Affirm the students' strengths

A family's spiritual perspectives can have a big impact on their values, rituals and beliefs.

Spiritual functions come up when:

• interpreting the meaning of the child's disability
• having a religious community that provides emotional support
• providing meaning in times of crisis or dispair

Take the time to understand how the family is affected by disability and advocate for supports for them.

Mothers of school aged children with disabilities all what their child to have close friends.

Ways for teachers to help:

• Include socialization goals on IEP's
• Use peer modeling
• Encourage participation in extracurricular activities
• Make accommodations for meaning interaction
• Support positive interactions

Natural learning opportunities are encouraged and emphasized.

Assist families with opportunities by:

• Finding activities and settings that interest the child and family
• Find everyday activities that are consistent with the child's strengths and preferences
• Give supports and services
• Promote the child's ability to participate

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• 82% regularly talk to their child about school
• 75% help with homework at least once a week
• 93% participate in at least one school-based activity
• Equal and sometimes exceeds involvement of parents with students in the general population

About 2/3 of employed parents do not have enough time to meet their children's needs.

Barriers for families

• Professionals not being able to coordinate activities among themselves
• Overwhelming number of tasks asked by professionals to complete
• Lack of local & accessible services
• Lack of flexible scheduling of services

Educational issues are only 1 of 8 the family is dealing with.

Having knowledge of what a family is going through will help me as a teacher. I can try and put myself in their shoes to see how minor or major a problem may be and that will help me find the best way to go about fixing it. Realizing how much a family has on their plate is important to keep in mind. Every day may be a different challenge for them.

The Family Life Cycle Theory

Family structures

• Leaving home as emerging young young adults
• Joining Families through marriage/union
• Families with young children
• Families with adolescents
• Families in late middle age
• Families nearing the end of life

Transitions

Transitions will cause changes to:

• Family characteristics
• Family interactions
• Family functions

Families with a member who has a disability come across challenges including discovering and coming top terms with the disability, being active in early childhood services, and parenting to foster self-determination.

Initial responses from parents differ based on the nature of the child's disability and when they received the diagnosis.

Families prefer to receive diagnosis info by:

• Having test results and recommendations discussed in person with parents
• Judgments regarding parents' treatment and service decisions being avoided
• Current and accessible info on the disabilit being provided
• Having their feeling recognized without showing pity
• Having family resources and support groups information provided

You can foster self-determination in your child by modifying natural environments in order for their engagement to enhance.

Ways to do this:

• Place toys in an accessible place for the child
• Creat consistent routines
• Give the child a private area for themselves
• Give them the choice to decide what to eat, wear, and do
• Avoid overprotecting

Adolescences is strongly influenced by cultural values.

Mothers of children with intellectual disabilities tend to wait longer to talk to their child about sexual matters.

Only 22 states require sexuality education in school.

The 3 Dimensions of Adulthood:

• Autonomy-arrival in adulthood
• Membership-community connectedness
• Change-their capacity for ongoing growth

34% of working aged (21-64) individuals with disabilities are employed.

Supported employment:
Individuals with disabilities are assisted with obtaining and maintaining a job.

75% of working aged individuals without disabilities are employed.

Customized employment: A process designed to personalize the employment relationship between an employee and an employer in a way that meets both of their needs.

Not all transitions are experienced the same way and some come at unusual, unexpected times.

As a special education teacher, I will be filling out IEP's for all of the students on my caseload. When those students are at or above age 14.5, a section of the IEP will be for the students transition. Knowing the family life cycle and transitions will be helpful by having background knowledge on what should be included in that section. This chapter also helps give background knowledge on employment for people with disabilities and what they have a right to.