Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #387631 in Books
• Published on: 1995-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 149 pages

Review
"Here is a book that is comforting for parents, who are reassured that they're not alone; eye-opening for the public..." -- --Library Journal, June 1995

In From the Heart: On Being the Mother of a Child with a Disability, nine mothers explore the intense, sometimes painful, emotional terrain of raising children with special needs in eye-opening narratives developed from their parent support group meetings. The children who shape these women's lives have disabilities that include autism, Down syndrome, Tourette syndrome, ADD, and multiple disabilities. From the Heart is organized around several themes: relationships with professionals; family life and school issues; and issues about the "self" and closest friends and family. Their experiences resonate with the common struggles of healing; being heard and understood; coping with life; and dealing with greater emotional intensity than most parents do. In revealing what is most important and most difficult for them, these mothers affirm the experience of other parents like themselves. From the Heart speaks to anyone who may know little about raising a child with special needs -- until they have one and must then forge a strong family unit nonetheless. -- Midwest Book Review

About the Author
Jayne D.B. Marsh, M.S.N., M.P.A., a consultant on the PIP project, is Research Associate at the Edmund S. Muskie Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Southern Maine, and teaches a parenting class through the University's Continuing Education Department.

Customer Reviews

Broken Hearts can be mended
If you have ever felt alone and overwhelmed as a parent of a child with special needs, this book is for you. Even though the book covers various disabilities, the feelings expresses are universal to parents.

An eye-opening Experiance
I read this book as a project for school, being 15 the idea of motherhood is beyond me. But it touched me how strong the mothers in this are. Their stories tell of experiances, not "how to" which I liked. My heart goes out to all who have children with special needs. God be with you all!

A Simply Wonderful Book - Is A Must Read!
I've actually reviewed this book for a journal and now have the chance to do so online. This book is a must read for ALL Professionals that are in the lives of children with special needs! The message that the Moms in this book want every single professional to hear and see is -- LISTEN TO US! WE KNOW OUR CHILDREN BETTER THAN ANYONE! As a parent myself of a child with special needs, I know exactly what the moms are saying. We do NOT want to work against the professionals, we want to work with them! Such a simple, yet complicated message to convey!

If you are a parent with a child with special needs, read this book so that you know you are not alone when you feel you've been treated poorly. If you are a professional, read this book with your eyes and mind wide open. The message is extremely important and it can make a very positive difference in the life of a child!