ABSTRACT
The siblings of children with special needs are often the overlooked ones in families struggling to cope.
Kate Strohm is an experienced health professional and journalist who has sister with cerebral palsy. In this book she shares the story of her journey from confusion and distress to understanding and acceptance. She provides a forum for other siblings to describe their own journeys.
Kate also provides strategies that siblings themselves, parents and practitioner can use to support the brothers and sisters of children with special.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |15 pages
My Story
chapter 1|5 pages
A shared childhood
chapter 2|8 pages
Coming unstuck and putting back the pieces
part |75 pages
Other Sibling Stories
chapter 3|12 pages
A lone journey
chapter 4|13 pages
Getting a fair go
chapter 5|17 pages
Feelings with nowhere to go
chapter 6|13 pages
Ongoing grief
chapter 7|8 pages
Responsibility and caregiving
chapter 8|10 pages
The future
part |117 pages
Strategies