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Telling parents about their child's disability

J Anderson

    Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
    |December 11, 1996
    PubMed
    Summary

    Professionals face challenges when informing parents about a child's disability. This report introduces new guidance from the charity SCOPE to support these difficult conversations.

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    Area of Science:

    • Social Sciences
    • Healthcare Communication

    Background:

    • Communicating a child's disability diagnosis to parents is a sensitive and challenging task for healthcare and social work professionals.
    • Effective communication is crucial for parental adjustment, support-seeking, and the child's well-being.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To highlight and describe the guidance being developed by the charity SCOPE.
    • To provide professionals with resources to navigate the disclosure of disability to parents.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of guidance documents and development processes by SCOPE.
    • Analysis of best practices in communicating sensitive information.

    Main Results:

    • SCOPE is developing comprehensive guidance for professionals.
    • The guidance aims to improve the quality and empathy of disability disclosure.

    Conclusions:

    • Effective communication strategies are essential when informing parents of a child's disability.
    • The SCOPE guidance offers a valuable framework to support professionals in this critical role.

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