Product Description

About 12% of all school children are disabled from birth defects, accidents, illnesses or other causes. This means 700 children are born each day who need special care, and the number appears to be growing. Raising a Handicapped Child offers a complete, practical, and reassuring guide for parents who care for these children.

Widely acclaimed by parents and professionals since its first publication, this revised and expanded handbook is still the only one of its kind to discuss both the emotional and physical problems of raising a child with a disability. A recognized authority in her field, Dr. Charlotte Thompson anticipates and addresses the questions and difficulties parents have to face from the initial diagnosis to adulthood, sharing the survival tools she has learned in over 35 years of practice. Her practical advice includes tips on how to select educational programs, how to find the best professional help, keep up with the latest in medical treatments, and how to cope with the costs. She deals compassionately and effectively with emotional issues, too, counseling parents on how to handle sorrow, anger, and guilt resulting from a devastating diagnosis or a progressive disease. Also including comprehensive appendices, Raising a Handicapped Child will be a great source of inspiration and information for parents of children with a disability and for anyone who works with disabled children.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2131547 in Books
• Published on: 1999-12-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

From Library Journal
This compassionate book goes beyond the usual advice for finding good medical treatment and schooling for the disabled. Topics include coping with a devastating diagnosis and dealing with family and friends, scheduling personal time for parents and siblings, having fun with other children, surviving adolescence, and coping with terminal illness. Friendly and frank, with no sermons, this book can enrich the lives of parent and child. Highly recommended.Karen Jackson, Susanna Wesley Sch., Tallahassee, Fla.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

Praise for the previous edition:
"A gold mine of information....an excellent resource."--Booklist
"An accessible and sensitively written handbook."--The Boston Herald
"Powerful and significant... a primer for survival... a problem-solving helper."--The Exceptional Parent

About the Author

Charlotte Thompson, M.D. is the Director of The Center for Handicapped Children in San Francisco. She is an assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at UC San Diego Medical School and the author of Raising a Child with a Neuromuscular Disorder (forthcoming from OUP).

Customer Reviews

Survival tool for the parents of children with disabilities
Should be mandatory reading for all parents even if they don't have children with disabilities. Life is hard enough when you know what you're doing. When you feel like the first person on the moon it is next to impossible. Both Dr. Thompson's books are practical guides to get us parents over the hard times. The advice is down to earth without all that doctor talk that no one really understands.