Estrategias de afrontamiento y estructura familiar de niños con necesidades educativas especiales asociadas a la discapacidad física y multidiscapacidad

Abstract

The objective of this research was to identify the family structure and strategies of internal and external coping, which have been functional for families with children with educational needs associated with physical disability and multiple disabilities. Participants were parents - mothers or representatives of the Institute of Cerebral Palsy of Azuay, who had children with special educational needs associated with physical disability and multiple disabilities, families that met this requirement were 13 becoming the study group; Copes and an interview on Family Structure, for the collection of information - a survey called F was applied. The interview data were processed by Design Theory, pop open type and encoding. The most significant results were the identification of two types of families according to the typology proposed by Minuchin: extensive and uncontrolled, which dominated the flexible limits, parental, conjugal and fraternal subsystem. In terms of power management, the hierarchy was usually played by mothers, as well as the emotional role, and was the primary caregiver of children with disabilities. The functional strategy for families with a child with physical disabilities was social support and religious support; and for families who have a member with multiple disabilities restructuring.