Building new dreams: Supporting parents' adaptation to their child with special needs

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 184-200

  Barnett, Douglas ^a   Clements, Melissa ^b   Kaplan Estrin, Melissa ^a   Fialka, Janice ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Attachment; Group intervention; Infants; Parental adaptation; Social support; Special needs

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITION; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY; GRIEF; HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

EID: 0037805207     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001163-200307000-00002     Document Type: Review

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