Understanding Family Systems
Families play a large and important role in their child’s education and even more so for students with disabilities. As a teacher, your understanding of a family’s unique circumstances and knowledge of how to be supportive through the family life cycle stages will go far in developing partnerships with them.
Create an 8- to 10-slide presentation, with detailed speaker notes (minimum of 50 words per slide), that addresses each of the topics below in the context of teachers working with families of students with disabilities. Summarize how the information you can glean from each topic can help inform your teaching strategy.
- Family characteristics
- Individual members
- Unique circumstances
- Cultural and socioeconomic influences
- Family systems theory
- Family functions and the impact of disability on the following:
- Family members
- Parents
- Siblings
- Extended family
- Family functions
- Economics
- Social needs
- Family life cycle stages
Original work and please cite and list any resources using APA forma
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- Parents and family members understand their child better than anyone else
- Family’s unique circumstances is important for teachers to direct them to organizations that can help
- Teachers can be able to advise them on the special needs of the child
- Family’s unique circumstances are important for teachers to incorporate them in their teaching practice
- Teachers are better equipped to address the unique family needs of the disabled child
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