Families That Exhibit Resiliency After Having a Child with a Disability

question 43

Multiple Choice

Families that exhibit resiliency after having a child with a disability are characterized by all of the following,EXCEPT

• A)They learn from negative experiences.
• B)They like to take things as they come rather than attempting to establish routines.
• C)They take advantage of social supports.
• D)They balance the needs of the family and the needs of the child.

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Definitions:

Adaptive Functioning

A measure of an individual's social, occupational, and everyday living skills and their ability to meet the demands of personal and community living.

IQ

An intelligence quotient, a total score derived from standardized tests designed to assess human intelligence.

Autism

From the Greek autos, meaning “self”, autism is characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts.

Pronoun Reversal

One of the common characteristics of speech in autistic children, in which the child often refers to himself or herself in the third person, perhaps because of trouble shifting reference between speaker and listener or a third party.