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A RATIONALE FOR FAMILY THERAPY SPECIALIZATION IN EARLY INTERVENTION
Author(s) -
Malone D. Michael,
Manders Jenny,
Stewart Scott
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1997.tb00231.x
Subject(s) - family therapy , intervention (counseling) , psychotherapist , psychology , psychiatry
Over the past two decades, professionals providing intervention to families with children with disabilities have witnessed a philosophical shift from individually oriented care to family‐centered care. Although the relevance of family therapy to these families has been formally acknowledged through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the integration of the fields of family therapy and developmental disabilities has not yet occurred to any signigicant degree. Awareness of critical issues associated with developmental disabilities and the potential impact on the family system is vital to the process of family‐centered intervention. In this paper we address the need for family specialists to become knowledgeable about early intervention considerations relevant to young children with disabilities and their families.