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ishan

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Which represents a common best practice in the provision of services to children with special needs?
 
  a. Care is now being focused on the child's chronologic age.
  b. Children with special needs are being integrated into regular classrooms.
  c. Children with special needs no longer have to be cared for by their families.
  d. Children with special needs are being separated into residential treatment facilities.

Question 2

Lindsey, age 5 years, will be starting kindergarten next month. She has cerebral palsy, and it has been determined that she needs to be in a special education classroom.
 
  Her parents are tearful when telling the nurse about this and state that they did not realize her disability was so severe. The best interpretation of this situation is that:
  a. this is a sign parents are in denial.
  b. this is a normal anticipated time of parental stress.
  c. the parents need to learn more about cerebral palsy.
  d. the parents are used to having expectations that are too high.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Normalization refers to behaviors and interventions for the disabled to integrate into society by living life as persons without a disability would. For children, normalization includes attending school and being integrated into regular classrooms. This affords the child the advantages of learning with a wide group of peers. Care is necessarily focused on the child's developmental age. Home care by the family is considered best practice. The nurse can assist families by assessing social support systems, coping strategies, family cohesiveness, and family and community resources.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Parenting a child with a chronic illness can be stressful for parents. There are anticipated times that parental stress increases. One of these identified times is when the child begins school. Nurses can help parents recognize and plan interventions to work through these stressful periods. The parents are not in denial; they are responding to the child's placement in school. The parents are not exhibiting signs of a knowledge deficit; this is their first interaction with the school system with this child.



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