Parenting a Child with a Disability Survey
A. Taylor Newton, a graduate student at the University of Denver is "investigating the role of religion in responding to potential stressors associated with parenting a child with a disability." As part of his research he is conducting a 15-20 minute survey for parents of children with disabilities. If you have a few minutes, your input would be greatly appreciated.
Religion and Perceptions: Parenting a Child with a Disability Survey
From the opening page of the survey:
Parenting a child with a disability is likely to be experienced differently by different people. Many of the experiences will be shared by parents who do not have a child with a disability, and some may be unique. In the following questionnaires, we ask about beliefs and behaviors that some parents of children with disabilities say they have. We also ask about beliefs and behaviors that people who are not parents of children with disabilities may believe parents of children with disabilities have, but that you or others do not. We ask these questions so we can hear about the variety of responses directly from those who know best: the parents. Of course, no two people will feel exactly the same, so there is no right or wrong way to answer any of the questions.
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Jeff Swenson
October 1, 2011 - 06:57
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Helping Disablities
In my experience, I think the parents of non-disabled child must also teach that they are not disabled guardian of the child, and they should not be a child to compensate for the child with a disability can not. Spend some time alone with each child and talk frankly about the unfairness of the child concerned, etc. can go a long way on the way to creating the kind of family where the disability is only part of family life. Sometimes it may become the center of the stage, we can stop thinking of that for while but can’t ignore that. Now, there are numbers of organizations and books for both the children with disabilities and their siblings as well.