title: Managing maladaptive behavior in ill children through family interventions.
abstract: The stress associated with a child's illness may result in a variety of maladaptive reactions. The family is in a position to support or sabotage the best efforts of the health care professional. The school nurse as part of a team including counselors, teachers, and administrators can assist the family in following treatment directives and in gaining control over stress-related behavioral problems. Criteria to enable discrimination between functional and dysfunctional families and brief interventions for use with functional families are described.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D011340:Problem Solving; D012803:Sick Role