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chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The birth of a child with a disability can have a _____ | profound effect on the family |
| Individualized family service plans (IFSs) | a plan to provide services for young children with disabilities (3 and under) and their families, similar to an IEP for older students |
| Family-centered model | a consumer-driven model that encourages the family to make its own decisions with respect to services while mobilizing resources and supports for the family's goals |
| Wraparound service systems | using educational services and available community serivices (ex. mental health) in order to meet the individualized needs of children and their families |
| Family systems theory | individuales behavior in best understood in the context of the family and the family's behavior is best understood in the context of other social systems |
| Work-family conflict | refers to situations in which ther demands of work interfere with the demands of the family or vise versa |
| Family interactions | reverse to how cohesive and adaptable the family is |
| Cohesion | refers to the degree to which an individual family member is free to act independantly of other family members |
| Adaptability | refers to the degree to which families are able to change their codes of interaction when they encounter unusual or stressful situations |
| Family finctions | the numerous routines in which families engage to meet their many and diverse needs |
| Family life cycle | a component of the Turnbulls' family systems model; consists of birth and ealy childhood, adolescent, and adulthood |
| Guardianship | legaal term that gives a person the authority to make decisions for another person; can be full, limites, or temporary; applies in cases of paretns who have chilren who have severe cognitive disabilites |
| Social support | emotional, informational, or material aid provided to a person or family; this informal means or aid can very valuable in helping families or children with disabilities |
| Behavioral Parent Training (BPT) | parent interventions that concentrate on training parents to use bahvioral principles to modify their child's difficult behavior |
| Family activity settings | activites that families routinely engage in, such as mealtimes and seasonal celebrations; can be focal points for the implementation of PBSs |
| Relaxation response | physiological recreation consisting of increasing metabolism, keeping breathing, reducing muscle tension, and constricting blood vessels, a center to stress often accompanying meditation |
| Mindfulness-Based Positive Behavior | 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 a from school |
| Due process hearing | a non-court proceeding held before an impartial hearing officer |