Helping Your Special Needs Child : A Practical and Reassuring Resource Guide [Hardcover]

Sandy Tovray (Author), Maria Wilson-Portuondo (Author), Sandy Tovray Greenberg (Author), Maria Wilson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 13, 1995

Children who have special need because of physical or emotional handicaps need spcial parents—parents who can run the maze of government agencies, schools, and medical groups, while doing all they can to make sure everyone in their family lives happiliy day to day. How can you successfully accomplish all this without feeling overwhelmed? Authors Sandy Tovray and Maria Wilson-Portuondo, both parents of special needs children, share their experiences and offer solid advice in Helping Your Special Needs Child.

In a sensitive and empathetic way, Helping Your Special Needs Child provides insights, options, and answers. It can help you:

• Recognize what's best for you child in the medical, educational, and "outside" world
• Become a more organized and effective advocate for your child
• Find agencies, support networks, and volunteer groups
• Know which legal protections and rights are available for you and you child
• Discover resources you may no know exist
• Deal successfully with the emotional highs and lows of special needs parenting

Helping Your Special Needs Child is your blueprint, your dictionary, your map, your telephone directory, and your "bible" of answers.

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Ensuring the Best for Your Special Needs Child

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Children who have special need because of physical or emotional handicaps need spcial parents?parents who can run the maze of government agencies, schools, and medical groups, while doing all they can to make sure everyone in their family lives happiliy day to day. How can you successfully accomplish all this without feeling overwhelmed? Authors Sandy Tovray and Maria Wilson-Portuondo, both parents of special needs children, share their experiences and offer solid advice in Helping Your Special Needs Child.

In a sensitive and empathetic way, Helping Your Special Needs Child provides insights, options, and answers. It can help you:

? Recognize what's best for you child in the medical, educational, and "outside" world
? Become a more organized and effective advocate for your child
? Find agencies, support networks, and volunteer groups
? Know which legal protections and rights are available for you and you child
? Discover resources you may no know exist
? Deal successfully with the emotional highs and lows of special needs parenting

Helping Your Special Needs Child is your blueprint, your dictionary, your map, your telephone directory, and your "bible" of answers.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles (September 13, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761500111
• ISBN-13: 978-0761500117
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,074,042 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars good for physical and learning disabilities, July 10, 2001

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This review is from: Helping Your Special Needs Child : A Practical and Reassuring Resource Guide (Hardcover)

The book is a good start for parents with children who have learning or physical disabilities. It covers doctors, education, support systems, siblings, and an assortment of odds and ends like travel, sexuality, illness, driving, ect. Very easy to read and comprehend. It offers step by step guidance in becoming an advocate for your child. I do, however, feet it really lacked in dealing with emotional handicaps (after stating on the cover that this was covered). Since this was my main reason for buying the book, I was kind of disappointed. Some of the information can be applied to emotional special needs, but I would only recommend the book to parents of children struggling with physical special needs or learning disabilities.