Faith and familie of children with disabilities

Rad se bavi obiteljima djece se teškoćama u razvoju i vjeri kao resursu podrške. Obitelji djece s teškoćama u razvoju svrstavaju se među obitelji u riziku jer teškoća djeteta utječe na cjelokupno funkcioniranje obitelji. Roditelji se susreću s novom ulogom i time prolaze mnoge stresne situacije kao suočavanje s teškoćom djeteta i prva dijagnoza, proces rehabilitacije, obiteljske adaptacije na kontinuiranu brigu i njegu, različite emocionalne reakcije poput krivnje, samooptuživanja i tuge. Vrlo bitnu ulogu u tome ima roditeljska kompetencija koja se odražava, ne samo na razvoj djeteta, nego i na cjelokupnu obiteljsku klimu. Obitelji ističu mnoge oblike podrške, a među njima je rana intervencija u vidu pravovremene i kontinuirane pomoći stručnjaka, socijalne podrške okoline i duhovnosti koja se navodi kao jedan od zaštitnih čimbenika. Definiranjem religioznosti, vjere i duhovnosti nastoji se integrirati duhovnost u samu obitelj, odnosno objasniti povezanost kvalitete života obitelji i duhovnosti. Duhovnost je resurs koji pozitivno utječe na svaki obiteljski rizik, kroz davanja smisla patnji, dobivanja utjehe u kriznim trenucima, olakšavajući svakodnevnicu.Work addresses families of children with disabilities and faith as a support. Families of children with disabilities are among the families at risk because the child's difficulties affect the overall functioning of the family. Parents encounter a new role and thus pass through many stressful situations, such as dealing with childbirth and first diagnosis, a process of rehabilitation, family adaptation to continuous care and nursing, various emotional reactions such as guilt, self-indulgence and sorrow. A very important role in this has a parental competence that is reflected not only in the development of the child but also in the overall family climate. Families point out many forms of support, including early intervention in the form of timely and continuous assistance from experts, social support for the environment and spirituality that is cited as one of the protective factors. By defining religiosity, faith and spirituality, it tries to integrate spirituality into the very family, and to explain the relationship between the quality of life of the family and spirituality. Spirituality is a resource that positively affects every family risk by giving meaning to suffering, gaining consolation in crisis moments, making it easier for everyday life