Going solo while raising children with disabilities
It is a fact that children with disabilities are more likely than other children to be living in single-parent homes. If you are raising a child with disabilities on your own -- solo parenting -- whether by choice or circumstance, you will find a wealth of support, affirmation, and practical ideas i...
| Main Author: | Marshak, Laura E. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bethesda, MD :
Woodbine House, Inc.,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Sorting out the big picture
- 2. Coping day to day
- 3. Divorced parents making it work
- 4. Finding supports in all kinds of places
- 5. Solo fathesr of children with disabilities
- 6. Bereavement: solos and their grieving children
- 8. Conceiving on your own
- 9. Dating, and sometimes "happily-ever-afters"
- 10. Parents and adult sons and daughters: letting go and staying connected
- 11. On your own for long stretches: military solos
- 12. Resilient solos creating new life stories
- 13. Conclusion.