Here talking about family . How a family and its members adjust their family environment and their life to accept and protect a persons with disability in the family.

1. Meaning , Definition and
Concept of Family.
Family Adjustment and Coping
Skills
PRESENTED BY
DEENA GEORGE
H17MEDM002

2. 1. It means to feel secure
2. To have someone who can count on
3. Shares problems
4. But it also means to have respect for
each other
5. Responsibility
Meaning of Family

3. FAMILY

4. Social unit of two or more persons
related by blood, marriage, or adoption
and having a shared commitment to
the mutual relationship.
DEFINITION OF FAMILY

5. Legal Definition
A group residing together & consisting of
parents, children & other relatives by
blood / marriage;
A group of individuals residing together
who have consented to an arrangement
similar to ties of blood or marriage .

6.  A fundamental idea about the
structure of the family and its function
in society.
A family purely in terms of sharing a
household, a collection of individuals
living together.
Concept of Family

7. A family is a group of people who share
common ancestors / a basic social unit
comprised of parents & their children.

8. A VIEW: Biological kinship is the
defining element of family.
Another view: family is a blended
collection of individuals related by
marriage, adoption, partnership, or
friendship.

9.  Family is a comprehensive social unit
formed by physical, biological,
emotional, and economic necessities.
by Sigmund Freud

10. Coping refers to the thoughts and
actions we use to deal with a
threatening situation.
Coping

11. Psychological coping mechanisms are
Commonly termed coping strategies or
coping skills.
Coping skills develop from infancy &
are learned by watching others & trial
& error.

12. MOTHERS
 Mothers of Adult with intellectual
disabilities report greater parenting
demands than parents of non-disabled
children,
Increased stress levels and poorer
physical and psychological health
Family Adjustment and Coping
Skills

13. Mothers having AWID report the
possibility of normative levels of well-
being by trying positive aspects of
parenting with the help of other
professionals.

14. FATHERS
Less attention has been paid to the well-
being of fathers. Fathers typically report
lower levels of psychological distress
than their spouses

15. SIBLINGS
As parents grow older, siblings may
become carers. It appears that siblings
with intellectual disability are at minimal
risk of psychosocial problems

16. Mothers tend to use coping strategies
more frequently than fathers, possibly
as a consequence of mothers taking
more responsibility for child care
(Saloviita et al., 2003).

17. Coping strategies seek social support,
actively solve the problem & positive
reappraisal, appear to be recorded
more frequently than other strategies &
to be associated with more positive
parental well-being

18. There is some evidence to suggest that
stress processing abilities (coping) may
be linked to personality factors which in
turn are related to levels of well-being in
parents of children with intellectual
disabilities.

19. Personality seems to be a better
predictor of adaptation for mothers,
whereas coping strategies have been
found to predict more variance for
fathers (Glidden & Natcher, 2009).

20. The limited literature on parents who
adapt and cope effectively suggests that
optimism, hope, positive reframing of
thoughts & attitudes about their
circumstances may be important for
adaptive parental coping.

21. Some evidence of cultural variation. For
example, economically & socially
developed families are more positive
toward their children with intellectual
disability; an effect that has been
demonstrated across ages, level of
intellectual disability and over time.

22. Families supporting a child with
intellectual disability are more likely
than other families to be exposed to
poverty and a range of associated
environmental adversities.

23. For both mothers & fathers, a variety
of personality factors and coping
strategies have been reported to be
related to parental well-being.

24. The majority of parents with CWID
employ a variety of coping strategies to
deal with the demands facing them.

25. Mothers tend to use coping strategies
more frequently than fathers, possibly
as a consequence of mothers taking
more responsibility for child care.

26. The use of active or problem-focused
coping strategies which emphasize
efforts to seek
Social support
Actively solve the problem,

27.  Positive reappraisal
Appear to be recorded more
frequently than other strategies
To be associated with more positive
parental well-being.

28. The personality characteristics of the
family members
Their financial status
 Educational level
Problem-solving skills
Factors influencing coping strategies

29. Spirituality
Strong marital relationship
Social support
Parent adjustment

30.  To strengthen/maintain family
resources
Reduce the source of stress/negative
emotions
Achieve a balance in family
functioning.
Goal of coping strategies

31.  Coping with the source of stress such
as problem solving & seeking
information are more adaptive
strategies than those efforts to deny or
minimize the situation
Aim of coping strategies

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