Helping Children and Families Cope with Parental Illness A Clinician's Guide [Paperback]

When a parent or parental figure is diagnosed with an illness, the family unit changes and clinical providers should consider using a family-centered approach to care, and not just focus on the patient coping with the illness. Helping Children and Families Cope with Parental Illnessdescribes theoretical frameworks, common parental illnesses and their course, family assessment tools, and evidence-supported family intervention programs that have the potential to significantly reduce negative psychosocial outcomes for families and promote resilience. Most interventions described are culturally sensitive, for use with diverse populations in diverse practice settings, and were developed for two-parent, single-parent, and blended families.I: Introduction and Theoretical Frameworks  1. Introduction Maureen Davey, Karni Kissil, and Laura Lynch  2. Maintaining a Family Focus: Utilizing Attachment Theory and the Family Systems Illness Model Laura Lynch II:Parental Illnesses  3. Parental Depression Laura Lynch  4. Parental Cancer Maureen Davey  5. Parental HIV Maureen Davey  6. Parental Multiple Sclerosis Karni Kissil  7. Parental Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Karni Kissil  8. Parental Diabetes Laura Lynchand Maureen Davey  9. Parental Cardiovascular Diseases Karni Kissil  10.Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Maureen Daveyand Laura Lynch  III:Interventions and Clinical Considerations  11. Needs Assessments and Clinical Tools Maureen Daveyand Brianna Bilkins  12. Clinical Guidelines for Working with ParentlÃ