Harefuah
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Informing parents of a severe developmental disability (SDD) in their child is a frequent, yet extremely challenging part of care at any child developmental center. In this study, which was the first to address this issue in Israel, we asked parents for feedback on their experiences in receiving such news at our center, in order to help us develop a set of guidelines for improving clinical practice. ⋯ Parents are not inevitably dissatisfied with meetings at which they are informed that their child has a SDD. Our findings point to concrete steps that clinicians can take in order to increase the chances of parental satisfaction with these meetings.