Special Kids Need Special Parents: A Resource for Parents of Children with Special Needs

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Penguin Publishing Group, Mar 1, 2001 - Family & Relationships - 336 pages
Parents of children with special needs face unique emotional and practical challenges everyday. These issues are seldom addressed by the medical community—and parents’ most compelling questions remain unanswered. Judith Loseff Lavin was thrust into the world of children’s hospitals and special needs when her daughter was born with a cleft lip and palate. In Special Kids Need Special Parents, she draws on interviews with health care professionals, nationally recognized authorities, and other parents of children with special needs to give readers the advice, encouragement, and comfort they crave. Raising a child with special needs can be a daunting task, but it can also be a meaningful journey—helping parents uncover reserves of strength, wisdom and love they never knew they had.

 Boosting your child’s self-esteem
 Coping with chronic pain, sleep problems and frequent hospitalizations
 Dealing with your feelings of grief and anger
 Choosing a therapist
 Finding suitable, reliable childcare
 How to cope with teasing
 The impact a child with special needs can have on a marriage, siblings, and grandparents
 Finding cosmetic help, including hair replacement
 Prosthetic and orthotic options

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Contents

Grieving
3
Where Is God? Trying to Make Sense of Things
10
The Special Marriage
19
Copyright

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About the author (2001)

Judith Loseff Lavin has written for the Chicago Sun-Times and many magazines, including Newsweek. A graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in secondary teaching, Ms. Lavin is involved with several organizations that promote the welfare and progress of children with special needs.

Bibliographic information

TitleSpecial Kids Need Special Parents: A Resource for Parents of Children with Special Needs
AuthorJudith Loseff Lavin
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group, 2001
Original fromCornell University
DigitizedJul 16, 2009
ISBN0425176622, 9780425176627
Length336 pages
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Family & Relationships / Children with Special Needs
Family & Relationships / Parenting / General
Reference / Personal & Practical Guides
  
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