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Dinesh Kumar, Lovely Professional University Unit 31: Rehabilitation of Exceptional Children: Role of Peers, Role of Family

Unit 31: Rehabilitation of Exceptional Children: Role Notes

of Peers, Role of Family

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
31.1 Role of Family
31.2 Parental Involvement
31.3 Role of Peers
31.4 Summary
31.5 Keywords
31.6 Review Questions
31.7 Further Readings

Objectives

The objectives of this unit can be summarized as below:
• to describe the role of family.
• to explain about parental involvement.
• to discuss about the role of peers.

Introduction

Although it is widely accepted that peer influence is a powerful factor in adolescent development,
profession use of this resource has been generally confined to exceptional or problematic populations.
The research literature suggests that peer group programs have produced orderly, productive, and
positive academic and rehabilitative environments. Peer group paradigms have also generated positive
results in creating productive social group living environments and have helped reduce aggressive
behaviors in group living settings. Elements to facilitate a peer group approach to cognitive problem-
solving development school and group living settings the highlighting the adult-imposed roadblocks
to that process.

31.1 Role of Family

Parents are the center and control of the family unit. In any circumstance, parents are the immediate
responsible decision maker for the child until he or she becomes major. Parenting defined as purposive
activities aimed at ensuring the survival and development of children. This indicates that parenting
involves a demanding and exhausting yet enjoyable task. Considering the two setups i.e. the joint
and nuclear families relatively parenting becomes softer in joint family. Joint families, with some
variations consist of grandparents, one or more couples of parents (uncles and aunts), and children's
and also at times members of close relatives staying with the family is supportive for parenting. In
case of difficult circumstances professionals also recommend and prescribe such support, which is
very significant and appreciated in psychological research. In nuclear families all the responsibilities
of parenting rests with the couple. It is not affordable or at times convincing to many parents the help
from babysitter or day care center for children. Both parents occupied with job make the situation
more difficult. It implicitly involves joy and stress of responsibility as well. This event became
disastrous if the newborn is different -'exceptional' or in the course of development of the child

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