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ERIC Number: EJ671531
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0040-0599
Levels of Awareness: A Closer Look at Communication between Parents and Professionals.
Ulrich, Mary E.; Bauer, Anne M.
TEACHING Exceptional Children, v35 n6 p20-24 Jul-Aug 2003
This article is designed to help professionals and parents learn and grow as they work together for the children in their charge. It discusses the levels of awareness parents have about the disability of their child. These include the ostrich phase, special designation of the disability, normalization, and self-actualization. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Coping, Denial (Psychology), Disabilities, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Adjustment, Normalization (Disabilities), Parent Child Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Self Actualization
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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