title: Motor/learning difficulties and the family.
abstract: The work reported here, which has as its central concern family dynamics and relationships, is part of a wider study of 31 children with motor/learning difficulties. All the children were attending an Occupational Therapy Department and had been assessed as having motor/learning difficulties. Descriptions of family background, structure and composition are provided and findings on conjugal, parent/child, sibling and extended family relationships presented. Characteristic patterns of family interaction are identified and factors affecting family cohesion discussed.
authors.affiliation: Grampian School of Occupational Therapy, Aberdeen, Scotland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chesson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McKay
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stephenson
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support