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

Originally published: 2003.

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Front Cover; Thriving in the Face of Childhood Adversity; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Author; SPSSI Preface; Introduction; Section A: Historical, Cultural, Professional, and Scientific Perspectives on Children with Physical and MedicalDisorders; Chapter 1. Ways of Thinking about Children's Medical and Physical Disorders; Chapter 2. Conceptualizing Medical and Physical Disorders in the Sciences: A Shifting Story; Chapter 3. How Do Children Thrive (or Fail to Thrive) in the Face of Early Adversity?; Section B:The Experiences of Chifdren with Mobility Constraints.

Chapter 4. Mobility Constraints: Why the Caged Bird SingsChapter 5. Parents and Children as Collaborators in Managing Mobility Constraints; Chapter 6.I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends; Section C: The Child in a World Apart: The Experiences of Chifdren Who Appear to Be SociallyUnresponsive; Chapter 7. Ways of Understanding the Child in a World Apart; Chapter 8. Parental Reactions to the Child in a World Apart; Chapter 9. Social Relationships Experienced by Children in a World Apart; Section D: The Socially Stigmatized Child: The Experiences of Children with Appearance Anomalies.

Chapter 10. Understanding the Experiences of Children Who Look DifferentChapter 11. Parental Responses to Children with Stigmatizing Disorders; Chapter 12. Moving Outside the Family: The Worlds of Children Who Look Different; Chapter 13. The Positive Possibilities of an Early Intervention Program; Epilogue; Index.

This book explores the life experiences of children who are born with a variety of medical or physical disorders. It provides an integration of scientific and personal perspectives on such conditions. In accounting for both outcomes, it suggests how the social responses of others (family, friends, and professionals) may foster resilience as well as risk. It also describes the results of an intervention that facilitates the more positive experiences of such children early in life.

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