Open Access“DUALLY EXCEPTIONAL” FAMILIES: SPECIFICS, NEEDS AND PROBLEMS
Author(s) -
Otilia Velišek-Braško,
Otilia Velišek-Braško,
Nikola Vetnić
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-3504
pISSN - 2587-3490
DOI - 10.52326/jss.utm.2021.4(2).01
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , interpersonal communication , stepfamily , dual (grammatical number) , function (biology) , dual function , social psychology , contouring , engineering drawing , engineering , art , literature , evolutionary biology , biology
Families blessed with a child with developmental disabilities or a gifted child are not typical families. Such families are exposed to specifics in day-to-day function, establishing interpersonal relationships and fulfilling their family roles. The object of research and studies carried out so far are twice-exceptional individuals, thus excluding the families with one gifted child and another with developmental disabilities. Dually exceptional families have dual challenges in providing additional individualized support for children, in two completely different ways, in two different directions. Based on the results and the analysis of case study of two dually different families, areas in which additional support is required by such families and parents are identified according to family functions, as well as recommendations as to how to empower these areas.