The siblings of children with special needs are often the overlooked ones in families struggling to cope.
Kate Strohm is an experienced health professional and journalist who has sister with cerebral palsy. In this book she shares the story of her journey from confusion and distress to understanding and acceptance. She provides a forum for other siblings to describe their own journeys.
Kate also provides strategies that siblings themselves, parents and practitioner can use to support the brothers and sisters of children with special.
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| Preface |
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Coming unstuck and putting back the pieces |
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Feelings with nowhere to go |
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Responsibility and caregiving |
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Stronger parents--stronger families |
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The role of service providers |
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| A final word |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Resources |
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Kate Strohm, manages the Sibling Project at the Women's and Children Hospital in South Australia. She has worked as a hospital scientist, health educator, counsellor and journalist.
