Quote: "Family support is the support of families with a member with a disability, which may include a child, an adult, or even the parent in the family."
An examination of the role of families in supporting individuals with disabilities. This includes an understanding of the impact of disability on family dynamics and the use of family-centered approaches to support the well-being of both individuals with disabilities and their families.
Family Systems Theory: This theory explains the interconnectedness of family members and how they interact with each other. It also explains how family members influence each other's behavior and how they work together to meet each other's needs.
Disability Rights and Advocacy: This topic covers the laws, policies, and practices that ensure that people with disabilities have access to equal opportunities and protections. It also covers the disability civil rights movement and the self-advocacy movement.
Disability Etiquette and Communication: This topic covers how to communicate with people with disabilities in a respectful and inclusive manner. It also covers common misconceptions and stereotypes about people with disabilities and how to avoid them.
Cultural Competence and Disability: This topic covers how to provide culturally competent care to people with disabilities who come from different ethnic, racial, or cultural backgrounds. It also covers the intersectionality of disability and other identities such as gender, sexuality, and religion.
Social Work Ethics and Values: This topic covers the ethical principles and values that guide social work practice. It also covers the core competencies of social work practice, such as advocacy, empowerment, and respect for diversity.
Family-Centered Practice: This topic covers how to involve families in the decision-making process and how to collaborate with them to achieve their goals. It also covers the importance of respecting families' cultural and linguistic diversity.
Person-Centered Planning: This topic covers how to identify and prioritize the needs, preferences, and goals of individuals with disabilities. It also covers how to involve people with disabilities in the planning process and how to develop a plan that is strengths-based, person-centered, and goal-oriented.
Assistive Technology and Disability: This topic covers the various types of assistive technology that can help people with disabilities to live more independently and achieve their goals. It also covers how to assess and select the appropriate assistive technology for each individual.
Health and Disability: This topic covers the impact of disability on physical and mental health, as well as the healthcare needs of people with disabilities. It also covers the barriers that people with disabilities may face in accessing healthcare, and how to address these barriers.
Disability and Employment: This topic covers the barriers that people with disabilities may face in finding and maintaining employment, as well as the role of social workers in promoting employment opportunities and advocating for workplace accommodations. It also covers the importance of self-determination and self-advocacy in the employment process.
Nuclear family system and disability: This type typically involves a married couple and their children, where one or more member(s) has a physical or mental disability.
Extended family system and disability: This type involves a family structure that includes grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. One or more members of this extended family may be living with a disability.
Single-parent family system and disability: This type involves a family structure where a single parent is raising one or more children with a disability.
Blended family system and disability: This type of family structure includes members of different families merged together through marriage or partnership. One or more members in this type of family system may have a disability.
Foster family system and disability: This type of family structure is created through a child being placed in a temporary living situation with foster parents. The child placed may have a disability, and the foster family can be a single parent, nuclear, or extended family.
Quote: "Family support includes 'unpaid' or 'informal' support by neighbors, families, and friends."
Quote: "Paid services" through specialist agencies providing an array of services termed 'family support services'."
Quote: "School or parent services for special needs such as respite care, specialized child care or peer companions."
Quote: "Cash subsidies, tax deductions or other financial subsidies."
Quote: "Family support services are currently a 'community services and funding' stream in New York and the US."
Quote: "Family support services... has had variable 'application' based on disability groups, administrating agencies, and even, regulatory and legislative intent."
Quote: "...families with a member with a disability, which may include a child, an adult, or even the parent in the family."
Quote: "Family support has been extended to different population groups in the US and worldwide."
Quote: "Specialized child care or peer companions."
Quote: "Family support services are currently a 'community services and funding' stream in New York and the US."
Quote: "Unpaid or informal support."
Quote: "Paid services" through specialist agencies providing an array of services termed 'family support services'."
Quote: "Cash subsidies, tax deductions or other financial subsidies."
Quote: "Has had variable 'application' based on disability groups, administrating agencies, and even, regulatory and legislative intent."
Quote: "Families with a member with a disability, which may include a child, an adult, or even the parent in the family."
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