Medical Counseling of Parents of the Retarded
Open Access
- 1 January 1968
- journal article
- other
- Published by SAGE Publications in Clinical Pediatrics
- Vol. 7 (1) , 11-16
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000992286800700107
Abstract
Expansion in comprehensive programs for the chronically handicapped, and the multidisciplinary approach to evaluation, have produced problems in communica tion, not only among the professional dis ciplines concerned, but between the pro fessionals and the families seeking help. The time, expense and effort involved in the evaluation of a mentally retarded child can be largely wasted if the explanation to the parents is either inadequate or not understood. The initial interpretation in terview is particularly crucial to all fur ther treatment and habilitation attempts, and in this regard the "primary physician" is probably the most important individual the family will meet.Guidelines for counseling the parents of the retarded are outlined.Keywords
This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- MENTAL SUBNORMALITY AND CHILD PSYCHIATRYJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1966
- DIAGNOSIS DIAGNOSEDThe Journal of Mental Subnormality, 1965
- What Do You Tell the Parents of a Retarded Child?Clinical Pediatrics, 1965
- Family Influence on Successful School Adjustment of Cerebral Palsied ChildrenExceptional Children, 1954