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ERIC Number: EJ508885
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0300-4430
Parents, Teachers, and Medical Personnel: Helping Children with Chronic Illness.
Mescon, Joan A. W.; Honig, Alice S.
Early Child Development and Care, v111 p107-29 Jul 1995
Reviews how chronic illness affects the psychosocial and cognitive development of ill children, using both Eriksonian and Piagetian theoretical rubrics. Explores family and child stress and coping with medical crises and manifestations of illness. Provides recommendations for enhancing parent and professional communication and educational interventions with ill children. (Author/AA)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Children, Chronic Illness, Cognitive Development, Coping, Family Problems, Medical Services, Psychological Characteristics, Social Development, Stress Variables
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Erikson (Erik); Piaget (Jean)
Note: Special issue topic: "Focus on Caregivers."