Copyright 1986 by Paul H Brookes. Discusses principle of normalization and how it can enhance Independent Living for persons with developmental disabilities. Services, describe their programs to facilitate a more successful transition from school to community life for young people with disabilities. A family systems approach. Outlines a family systems approach to serving disabled persons and their families.
Emphasis is on interaction, life cycle changes, and coping with stress.
Interview with Starkloff describing her work with families at Paraquad, St. Louis begins an issue devoted to families with disabled members. Fathers of disabled children. Uses a system approach to review various reactions of fathers from different family structures to their disabled children. Presentation for Conference on Independence, University of Kansas. Discusses family decision making with focus on independence for mentally disabled persons.