Developmental Disabilities and Chronic Illness in Young Children - Promoting Positive Development and Outcomes

This book examines ideas for promoting positive experiences and adaptations for children with disabilities and chronic illnesses in key contexts or life settings. It discusses critical ideas for fostering involvement, inclusion, and growth for children in the preschool through early elementary school years (ages three to eight), focusing on the importance of resilience and fostering development and well-being for children with either disabilities or medical conditions (or chronic illnesses). The book also describes systems of care and outlines tips for navigating services across the community. It addresses evidence-based research in best practices for inclusivity at school for children with special needs, emphasizing excellence and equity to behavioral, social, and emotional functioning. The book explores the most promising, evidence-based practices for promotion of integration and positive development and growth to enhance the well-being of children with developmental disabilities or chronic illnesses.
 
Key areas of coverage include:
 

• Promoting inclusion of children with developmental disabilities and medical conditions in religious settings.
• Inclusivity in school settings as well as playground design and activities for children with developmental disabilities and chronic illnesses.
• The role of families - parents and siblings - in promoting success for children with developmental disabilities and health conditions.
• Peer support for young children with developmental disabilities and chronic physical illnesses.
• Encouraging resilience in hospitalized children with developmental disabilities and illness.

 
Developmental Disabilities and Chronic Illness in Young Children is a must-have resource for clinicians, therapists, and other practitioners and professionals as well as researchers, professors and graduate students in developmental psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, family and systems therapy, school and clinical child psychology, social work and counseling, pediatrics and school nursing, and all interrelated disciplines.

List of contents

Preface.- Chapter 1. Children with Developmental Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses.- Chapter 2. Promoting Inclusion of Children with Developmental Disabilities and Medical Conditions in Religious Settings.- Chapter 3. Making Inclusion Work in School Settings for Children with Developmental Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses.- Chapter 4. Playground Design and Activities to Foster Inclusion of Children with Developmental Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses.- Chapter 5. Involvement of Young Children with Developmental Disabilities and Chronic Medical Conditions in Extracurricular Activities.- Chapter 6. Engaging Siblings to Improve Resilience of Young Children with Developmental Disabilities and Health Conditions.- Chapter 7. Role of the Family in Promoting Positive Development for Children with Developmental Disabilities and Health Conditions.- Chapter 8. Peer Support and Resilience for Young Children with Developmental Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses.- Chapter 9. Encouraging Resilience in Hospitalized Children with Developmental Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions.- Chapter 10. Navigating the System as a Family of a Child with a Developmental Disability or Health Condition.- Chapter 11. Systems of Care and Policy to Improve Resilience of Young Children with Developmental Disabilities and Health Conditions.- Chapter 12. Future Directions in Research and Practice.

Product details

• Assisted by: Laura Nabors (Editor), Stanton-Chapman (Editor), Tina Stanton-Chapman (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 02.02.2026
• EAN: 9783032085221
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3208522-1
• Illustrations: Approx. 400 p. 12 illus. in color.
• Series: Springer Series on Child and Family Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Klinische Psychologie, Psychotherapie, Pädagogische Psychologie, Pädiatrie, Pediatrics, Developmental Psychology, School Psychology, Child and Adolescence Psychology, Systems or Family Therapy, Clinical Social Work, Playgrounds, young children, DDs, chronic illness, Systems of care, young children, DDs, chronic illness, Sports, recreation, young children, DDs, chronic illness, Religious settings, young children, DDs, chronic illnesses, Positive development, young children, disabilities, Well-being, young children, chronic medical conditions, Teachers, self-internalizing behaviors, children, DDs, Families, young children, developmental disabilities, Extracurricular activities, children, DDs, chronic illness, Hospitals, young children, chronic illness, outcomes, Siblings, developmental disabilities, chronic illnesses, Resilience, young children, DDs, chronic illness, Chronic Illness, inclusion, young children, Health care, young children, developmental disabilities, Communities, young children, DDs, chronic illness, Churches, faith, young children, DDs, chronic illnesses, Inclusion, young children, developmental disabilities