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Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 1997
Personal construct group work was used with adolescents in schools to reduce risk taking. The lit... more Personal construct group work was used with adolescents in schools to reduce risk taking. The literatures on the outcomes of interventions, especially in relation to HIV risk taking, and that of group work with adolescents are described. Some applications of personal construct concepts to adolescents and risk taking are made. The study in which this group work is being evaluated
In this research I a m concerned with the effects on parents of giving birth to and rearing child... more In this research I a m concerned with the effects on parents of giving birth to and rearing children with developmental disabilities. Approximately 4,300 (1.6%) Australians are born each year with significant defects which are diagnosed at birth o soon afterwards (Australian Institute of Health & Welfare, 1997). The number of such births showed an increase for the period of 1981-92 to 1993 (155.9 to 169.9 per 10,000 and then decreased in 1994 (164.4 per 10,000) (AIH &W, 1995, 1997). The national rates for the developmental disabilities of Downs syndrome (12.8 per 10,000) and Edwards syndrome (2.2 per 10,000) have remained relatively constant from 1985 to 1994 (AIH&W, 1997). Such statistics indicate that a significant number of families are confronted each year with the situation of having given birth to and parenting childre with developmental disabilities. They do this within the social context of our Austra western culture which, I suggest, is strongly oriented towards ability, and away from disability. This research explores how this event affects the way the parents view the lives and what influence it has on their emotions. The research uses personal construct psychology to explore the process undertaken by parents as they adapt to this new situation in their lives. While personal construc psychology has previously been applied to the field of disability from a theoretical perspective, along with that of clinical case studies, limited research using large s sizes was able to be found. Research from other theoretical frameworks about various aspects of disability is available, but less regarding the adaptation process necessa parents. This first chapter will critically review the available research. It provides a means presenting an overview of recent understanding of the effects that children with developmental disabilities have on families. Information which is available regarding the process of adaptation will also be offered. Chapter 2 will give the current thinki
Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 1997
Personal construct group work was used with adolescents in schools to reduce risk taking. The lit... more Personal construct group work was used with adolescents in schools to reduce risk taking. The literatures on the outcomes of interventions, especially in relation to HIV risk taking, and that of group work with adolescents are described. Some applications of personal construct concepts to adolescents and risk taking are made. The study in which this group work is being evaluated
In this research I a m concerned with the effects on parents of giving birth to and rearing child... more In this research I a m concerned with the effects on parents of giving birth to and rearing children with developmental disabilities. Approximately 4,300 (1.6%) Australians are born each year with significant defects which are diagnosed at birth o soon afterwards (Australian Institute of Health & Welfare, 1997). The number of such births showed an increase for the period of 1981-92 to 1993 (155.9 to 169.9 per 10,000 and then decreased in 1994 (164.4 per 10,000) (AIH &W, 1995, 1997). The national rates for the developmental disabilities of Downs syndrome (12.8 per 10,000) and Edwards syndrome (2.2 per 10,000) have remained relatively constant from 1985 to 1994 (AIH&W, 1997). Such statistics indicate that a significant number of families are confronted each year with the situation of having given birth to and parenting childre with developmental disabilities. They do this within the social context of our Austra western culture which, I suggest, is strongly oriented towards ability, and away from disability. This research explores how this event affects the way the parents view the lives and what influence it has on their emotions. The research uses personal construct psychology to explore the process undertaken by parents as they adapt to this new situation in their lives. While personal construc psychology has previously been applied to the field of disability from a theoretical perspective, along with that of clinical case studies, limited research using large s sizes was able to be found. Research from other theoretical frameworks about various aspects of disability is available, but less regarding the adaptation process necessa parents. This first chapter will critically review the available research. It provides a means presenting an overview of recent understanding of the effects that children with developmental disabilities have on families. Information which is available regarding the process of adaptation will also be offered. Chapter 2 will give the current thinki