Thriving in the face of childhood adversity / Daphne Blunt Bugental.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Bugental, Daphne Blunt.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xx, 232 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: SECTION A: HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND 1 -- SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN WITH PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL DISORDERS --Chapter 1 Ways of Thinking about Children's Medical 3 -- and Physical Disorders --Chapter 2 Conceptualizing Medical and Physical Disorders 19 -- in the Sciences: A Shifting Story --Chapter 3 How Do Children Thrive (or Fail to Thrive) 37 -- in the Face of Early Adversity? --SECTION B: THE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN 53 -- WITH MOBILITY CONSTRAINTS --Chapter 4 Mobility Constraints: Why the Caged Bird Sings 55 --Chapter 5 Parents and Children as Collaborators in Managing 69 -- Mobility Constraints --Chapter 6 I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends 85 --SECTION C: THE CHILD IN A WORLD APART: 97 -- THE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN WHO -- APPEAR TO BE SOCIALLY UNRESPONSIVE --Chapter 7 Ways of Understanding the Child in a World Apart 99 --Chapter 8 Parental Reactions to the Child in a World Apart 115 --Chapter 9 Social Relationships Experienced by Children 129 -- in a World Apart --SECTION D: THE SOCIALLY STIGMATIZED CHILD: 147 -- THE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN -- WITH APPEARANCE ANOMALIES --Chapter 10 Understanding the Experiences of Children 149 -- Who Look Different --Chapter 11 Parental Responses to Children 165 -- with Stigmatizing Disorders --Chapter 12 Moving Outside the Family: The Worlds 181 -- of Children Who Look Different --Chapter 13 The Positive Possibilities of an Early Intervention 195 -- Program --Epilogue 211 -- Index 217.