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“Putting Disability in its Place”
Helping Children with Disability.
Naumita Rishi, MSCounseling Psychologist
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What is the first image that comes to your mind when you hear the word -
‘Disability’
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What are the thoughts and emotions attached to the image …………
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Dependent? Unfortunate? Cursed ? Inadequate? Burden on the family? Different? Dangerous? Ailing and needing medical care? Burden on the society? Or something else…………………………..
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Defining Disability: The Moral Model:
It’s the most prevalent perspective. People think that disability is the result of sin committed in previous life or in this life.
Therefore, disability is associated with feelings of guilt and shame.
Children born with a disability are most negatively affected by this perspective. Families may either develop a rejecting attitude towards the child or they may become overprotective.
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Defining Disability: The Moral Model:
These rejecting and overprotective attitudes of others interfere with child’s otherwise in-born tendency of development, adjustment and adaptation.
This affects his/her natural growth process and the child fails to become all that he/she can be.
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Defining Disability: The Medical Model: Regards disability as a defect or sickness which must be
cured through medical intervention. The problems that are associated with disability are deemed
to reside within the individual. Society has no underlying responsibility to make a "place" for
persons with disabilities, since they live in an outsider role waiting to be cured.
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Defining Disability: The Rehabilitation Model:
Regards disability as a deficiency that must be fixed by a rehabilitation professional or other helping professional.
But many disabilities and chronic medical conditions will never be cured.
So this perspective again puts children with disability to play the role of an “Outsider” waiting to be fixed/cured.
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Defining Disability: The Disability Model:
This model regards disability as a normal aspect of life, and rejects the notion that persons with disabilities are in some inherent way "defective"
Most people will experience some form of disability, either permanent or temporary, over the course of their lives.
Given this reality, if disabilities are more commonly recognized and expected in this way it would not seem so abnormal
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How Families React to Disability:
Three stages: 1st - Traumatized and Shocked.
2nd - Denial and Disbelief.
3rd - Grief, Hopelessness, Guilt & Anger.
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Impact on the Child With Disability:
Gets the labeling. ‘Less than normal’, ‘sick’, ‘less capable.’
May face: Rejection-
Low self-esteem, low-self worth, inferiority complex.
Overprotection- Low sense of self-sufficiency.
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Impact on Family Members:
Parents especially Mothers:- Low self-esteem, suspicious, apprehensive, emotional
instability, physical fatigue, stress and depression.
Siblings: anger, resentment, guilt, shame.
Family as a whole: Impaired emotional and social development.
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A Collaborative Modelof
Family Therapy
Family System
Social Networking
FormalNetworking
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A Collaborative Model of
Family TherapyAim:
“To reject the ‘Maladjustment Hypothesis.”
Assumption: “That the families have latent inner strength.”
Emphasis:“ To change the frame of reference.”
Goal: “ Helping families thrive rather than survive.”
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Process of Collaborative Model 1st step: Family Therapy-
Helping family- To change its meaning of disability. To restore order and purpose in life. To focus on its strengths and asserts. To allow the child with disability to develop
independence and self-sufficiency. To recognize the physical psychological health of each
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Process of Collaborative Model
2nd step: Psycho-education- Helping family-
To remove psychological defenses. To develop realistic expectations. To develop effective problem-solving skills. To develop better communication. To develop family cohesiveness.
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Process of Collaborative Model
3rd Step: Social Networking-
Psycho-education of extended family members, friends and neighbors.
Creating support groups. Collaborating with hospitals, schools and other
organizations.
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Help is closer than you expect We, mental health professionals help
families in:
‘putting disability in its Place !!
THANK YOU!!
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