Making Sense in Conversations about Learning Disabilities.

Trimble, David

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ERIC Number: EJ636731

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Making Sense in Conversations about Learning Disabilities.

Trimble, David

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, v27 n4 p473-86 Oct 2001

Describes an integrative, multisystem clinical approach to the psychological and relational problems that develop around learning disabilities. The therapist uses expert knowledge to help members of the treatment system transform blaming, helpless, or hopeless interpretations of the problem into more helpful constructions, which support healthy development. (BF)

Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Children, Cognitive Restructuring, Counseling Techniques, Emotional Adjustment, Health Behavior, Integrated Services, Learning Disabilities, Psychoeducational Methods, Student School Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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