Test 1 - Pt. 2

Question 1

Transition stages of families with children with disabilities

Answer 1

1st stage- guilt- first learn that child has disability
2nd stage- anger
3rd stage- acceptance- being as supportive as possible

Question 2

Terms used to describe relationships within families with children with disabilities

Answer 2

Cohesion
Family functions
Guardianship
Family adaptation
Transitions

Question 3

What causes most of the anxiety, depression, harshness and poor supervision in families?

Answer 3

Broad
Bad family situations
Single parent
Divorce

Question 4

Primary reason that single parenting has a negative effect on child development

Answer 4

Unstable
Behavioral problems
Parent has trouble handling on their own
Both parents handle behavioral issues in very different ways

Question 5

Baumrind’s 4 categories of parenting styles and the implications of each

Answer 5

Authoritarian: low warmth, high control
Authoritative: high warmth, high control
Permissive- indulgent: high warmth low control
Permissive- neglectful: low warmth, low control

Question 6

Factors that influence parenting styles and views

Answer 6

Culture
Environment they grow up in
How parents raised them
Religion
oppression/adversary

Question 7

Parent-child interactions – What is a common feature that is present in all cultures?

Answer 7

Communication
Teaching
Discipline
Responding to crying
Carrying/holding

Question 8

Essay questions: Answer both questions.
1. Write an essay that discusses the relationship between special education in the past and how it has influenced current laws and practices for special education. Reminder: Use the information that we discussed about Itard’s wild boy and the implications learned from that.

Answer 8

Little to nothing for spe in the past, not much provision or effort made in the laws for spe students
Lots of change and continued improvement
-Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) - signed by Obama in 2015, Replaced NCLB
-IDEA - 1975 ensure FAPE for SPE
-IDEA- FAPE, LRE,

Question 9

2. Describe and distinguish among Baumrind’s 4 parenting styles in terms of parents’ emotional warmth, control, communication style, and expectations of maturity. For each style, describe each of the characteristics listed. What would you say your parents’ style is? How has their parenting style influenced who you are today?

Answer 9

Authoritarian: low warmth, high control
Authoritative: high warmth, high control
Permissive- indulgent: high warmth low control
Permissive- neglectful: low warmth, low control

Communication style
Authoritative: equal balance of praise and disciple, most balanced and healthy relationship, Expectations of maturity: high but non dictative
Authoritarian: dictator, not much warmth, encouragement, or emotional support
Permissive- indulgent: overly praising, parent is a friend before a parent, no discipline
Permissive- neglectful: no communication, no support, not caring

Question 10

Family Interactions

Answer 10

Reflect family cohesion and adaptability, important determinants of the “health” of a family

Question 11

Cohesion

Answer 11

The degree to which an individual family member is free to act independently of other family members

Question 12

Adaptability

Answer 12

The degree to which families are able to change their modes of interactions when they encounter unusual or stressful situations

Question 13

Family Functions

Answer 13

The numerous routines in which families engage to meet their many and diverse needs-economic, daily care, social, medical, and educational

Question 14

Guardianship

Answer 14

When one person has the authority, granted by the courts, to make decisions for another person