Family Environment Support in Early Intervention of Children with Cerebral Palsy

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10.2991/ecpe-18.2018.7How to use a DOI?

Keywords

early intervention with family resources, children with cerebral palsy.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to describe family environment support and formulate early family-based intervention program by describing the acceptance, belief, understanding, planning, and intervention of children with Cerebral Palsy (CP). The study used a qualitative descriptive method and involved a family who had twins experiencing CP. The study found that the family had confidence and were not overprotective of H and N, the extended family accepted the conditions of their children and committed to optimizing their development, parents had an understanding of the ability and disability of H and N but did not understand the special needs of each child and how to fulfill it. Through interdisciplinary facilitation, the family was able to understand, design, and fulfill the special needs of H and N based on their characteristics.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dimas Arif Dewantoro
AU  - Sinta Yuni Susilawati
AU  - Rizqi Fajar Pradipta
PY  - 2018/09
DA  - 2018/09
TI  - Family Environment Support in Early Intervention of Children with Cerebral Palsy
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Early Childhood and Primary Education (ECPE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 30
EP  - 33
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ecpe-18.2018.7
DO  - 10.2991/ecpe-18.2018.7
ID  - ArifDewantoro2018/09
ER  -