The Coping with Stress Model: A Counseling Approach for Families with a Handicapped Child

Zeitlin, Shirley; Williamson, G. Gordon; Rosenblatt, William P.

doi:10.1002/j.1556-6676.1987.tb00752.x

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“…Some work with families with a disabled child has adopted this so-called two-pronged approach in which the parents' resource needs and coping skill needs are addressed (for example, Zeitlin et al 1986Zeitlin et al , 1987. Other programmes have focused on providing coping skills training, particularly using strategies to aid relaxation, to develop skills to manage encounters with professionals and also to develop problem-solving skills (e.g.…”

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Coping with the care of a severely disabled child

Beresford

2007

Health &Amp; Social Care in the Community

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The unrelenting, and often overwhelming, stresses experienced by parents caring for a disabled child have been well charted, as have their impact on personal and family well-being. This paper reports on a study which took such research a step further by focusing on the ways parents cope with the stresses and strains of care. An in-depth qualitative approach was used in a longitudinal study of 20 families caring for a severely disabled child. The work was theoretically grounded in Lazarus & Folkman's (1984) process model of stress and coping, which emphasizes the importance of coping strategies and coping resources in mediating the adverse effects of stress. The paper reports on the way in which the negative aspects of caring for a disabled child were balanced by two positive factors: the parent-child relationship and the ways parents coped with the problems they encountered and the emotional distress they felt. Parents were found to have a wide range of coping strategies and they employed enormous creativity to deal with the problems they faced. These included strategies which acted directly on the source of stress, informationseeking, planning, taking control, and self-maintenance strategies. The role of services in supporting parents in the ways they chose to cope is illustrated.

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Coping with the care of a severely disabled child

Beresford

2007

Health &Amp; Social Care in the Community

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“…Coping is an active process of making adaptations to meet personal needs and to respond to the demands of the environment in order to maintain or enhance feelings of well-being (Zeitlin, Williamson, & Rosenblatt, 1987). Coping by the young child to meet personal needs involves the fulfillment of basic requirements for nutrition, security, a balance of activity and rest, as well as demonstrating preferences and the need for achievement.…”

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Coping behavior: Implications for disabled infants and toddlers

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Szczepanski

1989

Infant Ment. Health J.

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This article discusses the coping process and examines issues concerning the influence of a handicapping condition on the development of coping competence in young children. A preliminary study is reported that investigated the differences between the coping behavior of 25 developmentally disabled and 25 nondisabled children who were 4 to 34 months of age. The Early Coping Inventory was used to assess three categories of behavior related to adaptive coping efforts (sensorimotor organization, reactive behavior, and self‐initiated behavior). Results indicated that the nondisabled children, as a group, demonstrated more effective coping‐related behavior than did their disabled peers. The disabled children were situationally effective, in that behavior used effectively in one type of situation was not generalized to other types of situations. Their coping behavior tended to be erratic, inflexible, or limited in the range of available management strategies. The greatest discrepancy between the two groups was in their self‐initiated behavior. The findings suggest the need for intervention services to address the enhancement of coping behavior of infants and toddlers with disabilities.

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“…The literature on families with handicapped children suggests that the problems these families experience may be related more to the coping and support resources available to them than to the physical or mental condition of the children Zeitlin, Williamson, & Rosenblatt, 1987). Designed to teach parents ways to develop and enhance their coping and social support resources, the results of this evaluation study shows promise for a life skills development focus rather than a more traditional parent support group.…”

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