Building a Joyful Life with your Child who has Special Needs

Nancy J. Whiteman and Linda Roan-Yager

Paperback: £14.99 / $24.95

2006, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-841-2, BIC 2: VFX VFXC

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Acknowledgements. A Note on the Text. About the Authors. Introduction. 1. Springing Back and Moving Forward: Resilience and Happiness. 2. Putting on Your Oxygen Mask: Intention and Self-care. 3. The Twisted Skein: Embracing our Complex and Conflicting Feelings. 4. Seeing with New Eyes: Reframing our Perceptions and Beliefs. 5. Shrinking the Balloon: Seeing our Child as a Whole Person. 6. Building Your Child's Village: Deepening our Child's Connections to Others. 7. Knocking on the Door: Building our Support Systems. 8. Finding Personal Meaning: Unlocking the Fullness of Life. Additional Resources. References. Index.

Author information

• Nancy J. Whiteman
• Linda Roan-Yager

Subject areas

• Disability
• Parenting
• Asperger Syndrome, Autism and other Syndromes

Keywords

• ADD,
• ADHD,
• Asperger syndrome,
• autism,
• bipolar disorder,
• cerebral palsy,
• challenging behaviour,
• children,
• developmental coordination disorder,
• disability,
• Down's syndrome,
• dyslexia,
• dyspraxia,
• epilepsy,
• high functioning autism,
• hyperlexia,
• intellectual disabilities,
• obsessive compulsive disorder,
• parenting,
• pervasive developmental disorder,
• tics,
• tourettes

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