Directions:

Families are an essential resource in the lives of a child with physical or neurotypical differences. Not only are they the first teacher that the child sees, they actively help support the child with connecting resources within the home, school, and community. After graduation from high school when most other services stop, families continue to provide those supports so that the child can succeed.

In Chapter 1, we learn a lot about the roles that families play in the lives of the child. These supports extend beyond just the parents or guardians too. Siblings, grandparents, and other extended family are active resources in the child’s lives. You are going to explore three different parts to the families including six characteristics that vary.

In your sleuth squad, you are going to build a family squad of support for a child with a disability. You will create a hypothetical profile of a parent, sibling, and extended family member with different values for the six characteristics. Your squad will roll a 6 sided dice to determine the value of the characteristics.

Directions:

1. You will create a 3 character profile: a parent/guardian, siblings, and extended family members Include an image of your character and create a brief bio about how old they are, their job, interests, role they play in the house.

2. Roll a six sided dice six times. Write the six different numbers your rolled in the bottom spaces. As you group, think about each value for each characteristic (you will rationalize this value on the next page). Below are a few definitions of what each characteristic means.

   1. Communication - This means the interaction between the other members of the family (children, spouse, extended family). Do you want the character having high communication or low communication (higher score = high communication; lower score = low communication).

   2. Cohesion - The ability to help unify the family as a whole. Do you want the character having high cohesion score = good family unity, low cohesion score = low family unity.

   3. Emotional Wellbeing - The emotional well-being of the individual. Do you want your character having high emotional wellbeing score (high mental health stability) or low emotional well being score (mental health instability).

   4. Conflict - How well does the individual get along with other family members? (high conflict score = poor interaction with others; low conflict = good interaction with family members).

   5. Adaptability - How flexible is this character? Are they able to handle change? (high adaptability = high flexibility; low adaptability = low flexibility)

   6. Stability - how stable is this individual for the family? (high score = good stability; low score = low stability)

After you determine where you want your initial values for your characteristics, rationalize why you chose these for your characters.

XP Earned by Completing this Quest: 200XP

Scooby Snacks Earned by Completing this Quest: 20 Scooby Snacks.