title: Parents and therapists in a professional partnership.
abstract: Based on a review of the literature, occupational therapy intervention with parents of handicapped children is presented. Normal conflicts in raising a child, parent responses to the diagnosis of disability, and stage-related parent reactions are examined to help understand the issues of parenting a developmentally or learning disabled child. The development of a collaborative relationship between the occupational therapist and parents is stressed. Selected methods of evaluation and strategies for occupational therapy intervention are described with a focus on the use of activities with parents.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000628:therapy*; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D011368:Professional-Family Relations