Stress and Support in the Family.

This document presents one module in a set of training resources for trainers to use with parents and/or professionals serving children with disabilities; focus is on stress and support in the family. The modules present content and activities that build skills and offer resources to promote parent-professional collaboration. Each module takes about 2 hours to deliver. The module guide has eight sections: a publicity flyer, topic narrative, overview, trainer agenda, activities, summary, bibliography, and evaluation. Introductory information explains how to use the modules including conducting a needs assessment, planning the training, selecting the training module, implementation, evaluation, and followup. Objectives of this module are: (1) become familiar with the Universal Family Life Cycle, (2) develop an awareness of issues and stress in the family with a child with disabilities, (3) discuss factors that determine stress for families and identify the various coping strategies, (4) select the various informal support systems that reduce family stress, and (5) understand the need for a balanced individual and family life. A bibliography identifies 12 books, magazines, or other resources. (DB) ***************************************************t******************* Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document