Abstract

BRANCO, Ana Paula Silva Cantarelli  and  CIANTELLI, Ana Paula Camilo. Family interactions and disability: a literature review. Pensando fam. [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.2, pp.149-166. ISSN 1679-494X.

This study is aimed at analyzing the national publications from the last sixteen years about  family interaction and the interventions from the health team to the children with intellectual disabilities and their families. The database SciELO Brasil (Scientific Electronic Library Online) was used, combining the keywords “family”, “disability”, “mental”, “intellectual”, and “child”: 66 papers were found and thoroughly read, 17 being selected for this particular study. For the purpose of analyzing them, the papers were categorized as: a) intrafamilial factors; b) extrafamilial factors: multiple interventions from the health team to deal with the family and with the disabled child. The research has revealed that not only the mother but also other family members such as the father contribute to the development of the disabled child. It was considered the importance of the interventions occurring with many family members. Finally, it was noted the importance of the creation and maintenance of public health and professional capacitation policies in order to develop more adequate practices to deal with the development of this part of the population.

Keywords : Child; Disability; Mental disability; Intellectual disability; Family.

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