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Parental Perceptions Of The Diagnosis Process Of Their Young Child With Special Needs, Sue Stolzer
Parental Perceptions Of The Diagnosis Process Of Their Young Child With Special Needs, Sue Stolzer
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The diagnosis of a child with a special need can be an emotional and important time for parents. The existing research on the subject is decades old, limited in scope, and does not capture the current context. This is a qualitative interview study done with 24 families of children aged three to five who have been diagnosed as having a moderate to profound special need. The semi-structured interviews asked mothers, and some fathers, to tell the story of their child's diagnosis process. The data revealed that the process is very individual for each family. The results are shared in the …