Which represents a common best practice in the provision of services to children with chronic or complex conditions?
a. Care is focused on the child's chronologic age.
b. Children with complex conditions are integrated into regular classrooms.
c. Disabled children are less likely to be cared for by their families.
d. Children with complex conditions are placed in residential treatment facilities.
ANS: B
Normalization refers to behaviors and interventions for people with disabilities to integrate into society by living life as people without a disability would. For children, normalization includes attending school and being integrated into regular classrooms. This affords the child the advantages of learning with a wide group of peers. Care is necessarily focused on the child's developmental age. Home care by the family is considered best practice. The nurse can assist families by assessing social support systems, coping strategies, family cohesiveness, and family and community resources.
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