Book Description
Helps the disabled and their families through the complicated processes necessary to meet their unique mental, physical, and emotional needs. It offers hope, insight, and strength to take on the greatest of all human challenges.
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Contents
Introduction
Section I: THE OVERALL CHALLENGE
Chapter 1: A Handicap is Made, Not Born
Chapter 2: A Child is Born
Section II: AS THE RESEARCHER SEES THE CHALLENGE
Chapter 3: Counseling the Disabled and Their Parents
Section III: THE FAMILY MEETS THE CHALLENGE
Chapter 4: The Role of the Family
Chapter 5: Parents are People First
Chapter 6: The Special Feelings of Parents of the Disabled
Chapter 7: The Rights of the Family of the Disabled
Chapter 8: The Family as Counselor
Chapter 9: The Parents Speak: What Parents Feel
What Parents Need to Hear
To Be Spoken Sadly
Section IV: THE DISABLED PERSON MEETS THE CHALLENGE
Chapter 10: The Disabled are Persons, Too
Chapter 11: Special Concerns of the Disabled Person
Chapter 12: The Rights of the Disabled
Chapter 13: Becoming Disabled Later in Life
Chapter 14: Disabled Persons as Their Own Counselors
Chapter 15: The Disabled Speak: Stepping Stones
To Learn, To Do, To Experience, To Enjoy
To Understand
Section V: THE COUNSELOR MEETS THE CHALLENGE
Chapter 16: The Team Approach to Counseling: Disabled Persons, Their Parents, and the Professionals
Chapter 17: Counseling Disabled Persons and Their Families
Chapter 18: The Teacher-Counselor in the Classroom
Chapter 19: Self-Esteem: A Bridge to Learning
Chapter 20: A Behavioral Approach to Counseling
Chapter 21: Special Concerns in Counseling the Intellectually Limited
Chapter 22: The Disabled are also Sexual
Chapter 23: Agencies for Helping the Disabled
Section VI: THE CHALLENGE FOR TOMORROW
Chapter 24: Tomorrow’s Challenge
Bibliography
Index
