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Chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Individual Family Service Plans (IFSPs) | A plan mandated by PL 99-457 to provide services for young children with disabilities (under 3 years old) and their families; drawn up by professionals and parents; similar to an IEP for older children |
| Resilient Families | Families who, despite unfortunate circumstances, such as having a child with a disabiltiy, are able to adapt and not become dysfunctional |
| Wraparound Service Systems | Involving using not only educational services but also available community services (mental health, social welfare, juvenile justice, and so forth) in order to meet the individualized needs of children and their families. |
| Family System Theory | Stresses that the individual's behavior is best understood in the context of the family and the family's behavior is best understood in the context of other soical systems. |
| Family Characteristics | Acomponent of th Turnbuil's family systems model; includes type and serverity of the disability as well as such thing as size, cultural background, and socoieconomic background of the family |
| Family-Centered Model | A consumer-driven model that encourages the family to mkae its own decision with respect to service while mobilizing resources and support for the family's goal. |
| Work-Family Conflict | Refers to situations in which the demands of work interfere with the demands of the family or vice versa. |
| Family Interaction | A component of the Turnbull's family systems model; refers to how cohesive and adpatable the family is. |
| Cohesion | refers to the degree to whoch an individual family member is free to act independetly of other family members. |
| Adaptability | Refers to the degree to which families are able to change their models of interaction when they encounter unusual or stressful situsations. |
| Family Functions | A component of the Turnbull's family systems model; inculdes such things as economic, daily care, social, medical, and educational needs. |
| Family Life Cycle | A component of the Turnbull's family systems model: consists of birth and early childhood, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. |
| Guardianship | A legal term that gives a person authority to make decisions for another person ; can be full, limited, or temporary; applies in cases of parents who have children who have severe cognitive disabilities. |
| Social Support | Emotional, informational or material aid provided to a person of a family; this informal means of aid can be very valuable in helping families of children with disabilities |
| Behavioral Parent Training (BPT) | Parent interventions that concentrate on training parents to use behavioral principles to modify their child's diffcult behavior. |
| Family Activity Setting | Activities that families rountinely engage in, such as mealtimes and seasonal celebrations; can be focal points for the implementation of PBSs. |
| Relaxation Response | A physicological reaction consisting of increasing metabolism, depending breathing, reducing muscle tension, and constricting blood vessels; a conunter to stress often accompanying meditation. |
| Mindfulness-Based Positive Behavior Support (MBPBS) | An intervention for parents and families of children with disabilities, a combination of mindfulness-based stress reduction and positive behavior support |
| Traveling Notebooks | A system of communication in which parents and professionals write messages to each other by way of a notebook or log that accompanies the child to and from school. |
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