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Counseling parents with a Down's Syndrome child

✍ Scribed by Mousa Karayanni

Publisher: Springer US
Year: 1989
Tongue: English
Weight: 685 KB
Volume: 12
Category: Article
ISSN: 0165-0653
DOI: 10.1007/bf00117213

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✦ Synopsis

This paper concentrates on the needs of parents with Down's Syndrome children in Arab society. Understanding the needs of these parents in this specific culture will give dearer guidelines to professionals of what and how to give the support.

Two Arab families were chosen. This will enable us to deal in depth with the family dynamics and it will give a better focus on the cultural and social structure of the family, The paper will discuss the relevant features of the Arab population in Israel, its social, cultural and religious sta'ueture, what changes happen in this population and how they affect the parents when they come to deal with the developmentally disabled children.

Following the presentation of two eases, the paper deals with the needs and coping system of parents toward their Down's Syndrome children.

Finally, the study presents implications and suggestions to professionals to help parents of children with Down's Syndrome to function better and to extend maximum help to their children.

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