Title
Coping Responses And Emotional Distress In Fathers Of Children With Special Needs And “Redreaming” As A Creative Intervention
Keywords
Children; Coping responses; Counseling; Creative intervention; Distress; Fathers; Mental health; Special needs
Abstract
Parents dream that their children will have every benefit possible to survive and thrive in the world. When their children have special needs, these dreams are challenged. Parents must adjust to the needs of their child and to the loss of this aspect of their dream. Common challenges and considerations when working with fathers of children with special needs are presented. “R ed reamin g,” an intervention to facilitate positive reappraisal, and creative approaches are also presented.
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Publication Title
Creative Interventions in Grief and Loss Therapy: When the Music Stops, a Dream Dies
Number of Pages
253-271
Document Type
Article; Book Chapter
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1300/J456v01n03_16
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
84869683206 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84869683206
STARS Citation
Daire, Andrew P.; Casado-Kehoe, Montserrat; and Lin, Chang Hui, "Coping Responses And Emotional Distress In Fathers Of Children With Special Needs And “Redreaming” As A Creative Intervention" (2015). Scopus Export 2015-2019. 1376.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2015/1376