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Informationen zum Autor Peggy Lou Morgan has worked with the disabled for nearly 35 years, including more than 10 years as a professional fiduciary, setting up servicesand placements for her clients. Morgan adopted a multiply disabled child years ago. Klappentext "Besides the usual parenting challenges, parents of disabled children face added obstacles that can tax the resolve and resources of even the strongest families. The author has developed a powerful system for obtaining dramatically better care for children with one or more serious disabilities. Parenting Your Complex Child reflects the experience and knowledge she has gained through decades of navigating a sea of complex medical, educational, occupational, and social issues while working with disabled clients and with her own son. Morgan's unique tracking and documentation tools let parents adapt to their child's challenges, create routines that support the child's needs, communicate those needs to busy professionals -- and be taken seriously by them. The book also helps parents lay the groundwork for care to continue after they themselves can no longer provide it. Compassionate, practical, and proven, Parenting Your Complex Child helps parents ensure that life-changing decisions are based on the best interests of the child -- and on the best information available." Zusammenfassung Besides the usual parenting challenges, parents of disabled children face added obstacles that can tax the resolve and resources of even the strongest families. Peggy Lou Morgan has developed a powerful system for obtaining dramatically better care for children with one or more serious disabilities. Parenting Your Complex Child reflects the experience and knowledge she has gained through decades of navigating a sea of complex medical, educational, occupational, and social issues while working with disabled clients and with her own son. Morgan's unique tracking and documentation tools let parents adapt to their child's challenges, create routines that support the child's needs, communicate those needs to busy professionals -- and be taken seriously by them. The book also helps parents lay the groundwork for care to continue after they themselves can no longer provide it. Compassionate, practical, and proven, Parenting Your Complex Child helps parents ensure that life-changing decisions are based on the best interests of the child -- and on the best information available. Inhaltsverzeichnis "Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Part One: The Journey: Life with a Complex Child Chapter 1: The Complex Child Chapter 2: Billy Ray's Story Chapter 3: Not Yet the Best of Times Chapter 4: Feeling Misunderstood Chapter 5: Working with Doctors Chapter 6: Encountering the "Dumb-Parent Treatment"" Part Two: Changing Course: Solutions and Suggestions Chapter 7: Turning Point Chapter 8: The Best Teacher--Your Child Chapter 9: Two Essential Words: Communicate and Adapt Chapter 10: Creating a Life that Works for Your Child and Your Family Chapter 11: Service Dogs Chapter 12: Document Everything Chapter 13: Getting the Professionals to Listen Chapter 14: Creating a Community for Your Child Chapter 15: Hiring, Training, and Supervising Caregivers Chapter 16: Mapping the Journey Appendix Index" ...
