title: Helping families with children with developmental disabilities.
abstract: The physician can help the child with developmental disabilities maximize his or her potential and minimize the adverse effects on the family by understanding the emotional and other impacts of a developmental disability; providing information about diagnosis, prognosis, and associated problems; providing nonjudgmental listening; providing information about community resources, including parent-support groups; ensuring adequate communication with everyone involved in the care of the child; and referring the family to appropriate agencies and providers.
authors.affiliation: Easter Seal Center for Strong Children, University of Rochester Medical Center, NY 14642-8671, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Briskin
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Liptak
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010819:Physician's Role