Love is a Start.The Real Challenges of Raising Children with Emotional Disorders (Revised Edition)
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (803 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0966631307 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 328 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Terrianne E. Mauro said A roller-coaster ride through life with special kids. As the adoptive mother of one child with FAE and sensory-integration disorder and another with language delays and learning differences, I have to say that I greatly enjoyed this bookWell, *enjoyed* isn't quite the right word, is it? Empathized, sympathized, identified, learned, felt sad, felt mad, felt relieved that someone else could feel so clueless--all of those are closer to the mark. The experience of thinking everything is all figured out followed by the realization . Karla Akins said Love is a Start is Best Place to Start for Special Parents!. If you work with children with special needs, are a parent of children with special needs, a health professional, a social worker, an adoption worker, a teacher, or a counselor--this book is a MUST read. Before you adopt special kids, you should read LOVE IS A START. This book should be required reading for anyone pursuing adoption, foster parenting, or a degree in any field that has to do with children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Sensory Integration Dysfunction, or any ot. "An excellent and informative book" according to Mary L. Fleur. As an adoptive parent of two children -- one of whom suffered neurological damage as a result of early neglect -- I read this book with great interest. It is a very realistic account of the struggles one faces in understanding what needs to be done. I could relate so well to the differing (and often contradictory) diagnoses one receives; to the inability of doctors and psychologists to understand the problems you face; as well as thoses in the school systems to understand h
It can mean an age appropriate child being able to stay home alone safely for several hours. Ignorance about Sensory Integration Dysfunction and its impact on behaviors as well as its impact on the parent-child relationship. Unknown to many is that at the heart of each of these brain-based disorders is something called Sensory Integration Dysfunction. She also learned that she alone was the best advocate for her child. Typically, children with these disorders struggle in their ability to learn the activities of daily living such as: dressing, hygiene, grooming, and academics. Too many people (parents and professional alike) do not know what it looks like, as was the case with Shilts; the author of this book. Some children with Sensory Integration Dysfunction can have problems building and maintaining personal relationships in general. Sensory Integration Dysfunction is a term used to define the brain's inability to integrate for use the information received from the senses of mo