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Chapter 4
Chapter 4 terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Family-centered model | Professionals encourage the families to make their own decisions with respect to services, while mobilizing resources and formal and informal supports for the family's goals |
| Wraparound service systems | Involves using not only educational services but also available community resources to meet the individualized needs of children and their families |
| Family systems theory | Assume that treatment and educational programs will be more likely to succeed if they take into account the relationships and interactions among family members |
| Family characteristics | Include basic information about the family, such as the type and severity of the disability, the family's size, cultural background, socioeconomic status, coping styles, and special conditions |
| Work-family conflict | Refers to situations in which the demands of work interfere with the demands of the family that has a child with a disability, can negatively impact the quantity and quality of parents' work performance |
| Family interactions | Reflect family cohesion and adaptability, important determinants of the "health" of a family |
| Cohesion | The degree to which an individual family member is free to act independently of other family members |
| Adaptability | The degree to which families are able to change their modes of interaction when they encounter unusual or stressful situations |
| Family functions | The numerous routines in which families engage to meet their many and diverse needs-economic, daily care, social, medical, and educational |
| Family life cycle | A conceptual framework that describes the emotional and intellectual stages families experience over time |
| Guardianship | That one person has the authority, granted by the courts, to make decisions for another person |
| Social support | Refers to the emotional, informational, or material aid that is provided to individuals in need |
| Mindfulness interventions | Address both parents' problems in dealing with stress and strategies for them to use in managing their children's behavior |
| Behavioral parent training (BPT) | Focuses on the child's behavior as a way to relieve stressful relations in the family |
| Family activity settings | Routines that families engage in, such as mealtimes, seasonal celebrations, visits to relatives, shopping, going on vacations, and eating in restaurants |
| Relaxation response | Brought about by meditation, counteracts the physiological effects of stress, by, among other things, increasing metabolism, deepening breathing, reducing muscle tension, and constricting blood vessels |
| Mindfulness-based positive behavior support (MBPBS) | Combines mindfulness training with positive behavior support to reduce caregiver stress and manage challenging behaviors, especially in individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities |