CEP 240 Quiz 3

What does “stage theory” mean in relations to families who have a child with a disability?

A hypothesized pattern of a family’s reaction to the news that their child has a disability that includes distinct emotional stages such as shock, denial, anger, bargaining, and acceptance.

Providing families with culturally sensitive sercives should include all of the following

• Using various means of communication

• Conducting meetings in settings such as local community centers or houses of worship

• Attending social events and other functions held in the local community

Professionals who are attentive to family member’s feelings as well as the verbal message being communicated are displaying ____

Active listening

What sould professionals NOT do when working with culturally diverse parents?

Believe that all people in that group behave the same

When a married couple has a child with a disability:

Investigators have found no difference in divorce rate between familites with and without children with disabilities

The involvement of families can have what beneicial effects on school life?

• Caregiver’s ratings of school

• Teacher's’ perception of caregiver effectiveness

• Teachers’ percieved efficacy of their teaching abilities.

Family Systems model

A model that considers a family as an interrelated social system with unique characteristics and needs

Family functions are:

Interrelated activities found within a family systems model; functions range from affection to economics to socialization, among other variables

Transition

A broad term used to describe the movement of an individual from one educational environment to another, from one class to another, or from one phase of life (high school) to another (independent adulthood)

The hypothesized pttern of parents’ reaction to the news that their child has a disability is called:

Stage theory