title: Families of young technology-dependent children and the social worker.
abstract: Health care social workers are increasingly providing services to young children who are technology-dependent through participation on individualized family service plan (IFSP) teams, as well as in clinical settings. Such participation suggests that new models for assessing the impact of medical technologies on family functioning will, of necessity, also begin to emerge. Assessment implications from a family systems perspective are presented that may be used to guide the development of future assessment strategies for health care social workers.
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on Teaching and Learning, University of Arkansas-Little Rock 72204, USA.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Parette
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: VanBiervliet
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers; D019090:Case Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017146:Models, Organizational; D012947:Social Work; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D014481:United States