Reaggregation: Parents of Children With Severe Disabilities Merge Two Worlds
Payne, Pamela Rae
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Description
Title
Reaggregation: Parents of Children With Severe Disabilities Merge Two Worlds
Author(s)
Payne, Pamela Rae
Issue Date
1997
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Renzaglia, Adelle
Department of Study
Education
Discipline
Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Sociology, Individual and Family Studies
Language
eng
Abstract
The author suggests borrowing the terms communitas, liminality, and reaggregation from Turner (1974) and adapting them to the parents: initially parents belong to an aggregate of all parents or a communitas; then they learn about their children's disabilities and are thrust into the world of disabilities or liminality; and finally, they are able to reaggregate to some degree to the communitas of parents. Suggestions for professionals who work with parents and children with disabilities are provided as well as a discussion of the author as the instrument in naturalistic, qualitative research.
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