Disability and the Family Life Cycle: Recognizing and Treating Developmental Challenges (Families and Health)

Outside of the death of a child, the most heart wrenching experience a parent can face is having a disabled child. "Heart wrenching"? Perhaps a word too strong? Yes, Marshak, Seligman and Prezant make this clear in their book. In some cases, the disabled child changes the configuration of the family into something unexpectedly positive. Within this book, we see writing that is refreshing because the authors offer an uncommon perspective on disability and the family.DISABILITY AND THE FAMILY LIFE CYCLE is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source book I have been able to find and read. In addition to being helpful for professionals who work with families with disabled children, I think that some parents will find the book emotionally rewarding.This is an excellent piece of thoughtful scholarship. I highly recommend it.

Wonderful text for my class. I wonder if it will be updated or put in digital form. Especially now as all classes are online.