PSYCHOLOGY OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN

UNIT 2: HELPING SPECIAL CHILDREN COMPONENTS OF THE HELPING PROCESS

What are the Components of the Helping Process? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Intervention Therapy Management and care Rehabilitation Remediation Special education

Intervention Application of professional skills to maintain and/or improve a childs potential for ongoing healthy development. Major Forms of Intervention 1. Medical Intervention a. Medication - Chemotherapy - Psychopharmacology b. Surgical Procedures - Reconstructive Surgery - Neurosurgery - Orthopedic Surgery 2. Psychotherapeutic Intervention (some examples) a. b. c. d. Play Therapy Family Therapy Group Psychotherapy Behavior Therapy

3. Educational Intervention 4. Social Intervention a. Foster Placement b. Residential Placement

PSYCHOLOGY OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN Unit 2: Helping Special Children Components of the Helping Process

Therapy Treatment of an illness or disabling condition Procedures used in the control or cure of identified disease processes Organized process of caring or aiding physical, psychological, cognitive or social changes to enhance development

Management and Care Processes of coordinating and monitoring various aspects of intervention Includes: o Planning o Directing o Implementing o Coordinating o Evaluating the activities of various helping agents involved with a patient

Rehabilitation Intervention procedures that seek to restore a child to normal or optimal functioning following illness or injury Includes various physical, occupational and behavioral therapies that seek to restore lost functions

Remediation To correct deficits in skills and abilities Special education This is a form of educational intervention in which appropriate facilities, specialized methods and materials and specially trained teachers are provided.