Graduation: Transitional Crisis for Mildly Developmentally Disabled Adolescents and Their Families

Looking at the future and seeing the past: the challenge of the middle years of parenting a child with intellectual disabilities

“…Explanations for this relationship are diverse, but for most part the major disruption in service provision and the uncertainties this involves are typical explanations, as are concerns over the developmental progress of their child and its social implications (Konanc & Warren 1984; McDonnel et al. 1986; Wikler 1986; Redmond 1996; Thorin et al.…”

Handicapped Children and Their Families

“…(p. 132) Counselors who work with parents do, indeed, need to help them manage their children successfully, but counselors should not lose sight of the family's response to its special circumstances. Konanc and Warren (1984) stated that the mildly disabled adolescent who is reared at home needs more study. Indeed, mildly handicapped adolescents and their families have been largely overlooked as a population at risk for psychological problems.…”

Significance of a Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony for Parents of Jewish Children With Developmental Disabilities

“…Thus, for example, caregiving is a normative role for all families with young children but becomes an off-cycle role when the child reaches adulthood. Many researchers who have studied families at certain specific points in time, such as at high school graduation, have reported a rekindled sense of loss at these transition periods (Black, Molaison, & Smull, 1990;Konanc & Warren, 1984;Minnes, 1998). In their study of families with a child who had mental retardation, Wikler, Wasow, and Hatfield (1981) found that the child's 21st birthday was a stressful event, second only to the initial diagnosis of mental retardation.…”