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Author Campito, Jan Starr.

Title Supportive parenting : becoming an advocate for your child with special needs / Jan Starr Campito
Published London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (253 pages)
Contents Why this book? -- Pre-diagnosis : is it normal for everything to be so hard? -- Obtaining a formal evaluation -- What next? : what does this diagnosis mean? -- Beginning therapeutic interventions for your child -- Marcus and Asperger's Syndrome : an example of how the manifestation of a disorder (and one's parenting role) can change over time -- Your parenting role, part I : promoting positive behavior and reducing misbehavior in your child -- Your parenting role, part II : increasing your child's competence -- The special education process : formulating an individualized education or family services plan -- Monitoring the progress of your child -- Advocating for your child : it never ends, or does it?
Summary Parents of children with special needs often feel like they have been dropped in the middle of a dark and deep forest with no knowledge of how to find their way to a clearing. Supportive Parenting: Becoming an Advocate for Your Child With Special Needs is the GPS system that will lead them through the woods, around the pitfalls, over the obstacles, and beyond the fear and confusion. Jan Campito serves as an exceptionally competent guide, leading readers to a complete understanding of the intrica
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-253)
Notes English
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Subject Parents of children with disabilities.
Children with disabilities -- Services for.
Coping With Disability.
Teaching Of Gifted Students.
MEDICAL -- Home Care.
MEDICAL -- Caregiving.
Children with disabilities -- Services for
Parents of children with disabilities
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007017720
ISBN 9781435602830
1435602838
1846426634
9781846426636
1281105651
9781281105653
9786611105655
6611105654