The long-awaited revision of the essential guide for organizing and running support groups for siblings of children with special needs, featuring 30 new activities!

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Product Description

This new edition is the long-awaited revision of the essential guidebook to organizing and running support groups for siblings of children and adults with special needs.

The needs of siblings of children with special needs are often neglected because of the constant support and guidance parents must provide their children with special needs. Don Meyer is one of a handful of authors who was addressed this lack with his enormously popular Sibshops, among other books and articles he has written about siblings, their needs, how they can deal with issues of loneliness and anger, and how to help them socialize.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #166841 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781557667830
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
The authors have not left out anything that would be useful in starting one of these highly effective play and discussion groups. Written in a lively, informal, easy-to-understand way, this book is excellent. --Mary McHugh, Author, Special Siblings: Growing up with Someone with a Disability

The premier guide for professionals designing and implementing interactive workshops to help siblings confront the special issues they face . . . This new edition will be a tremendous resource for the profession. --President, Mount St. Mary's University

There is such a great need for positive, engaging ways to support siblings of children with disabilities . . . Sibshops are an innovative strategy for supporting families that has stood the test of time. --Vanderbilt University

About the Author
Donald J. Meyer, M.Ed., is director of the Sibling Support Project at Childrens Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle, Washington.

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Customer Reviews

great support for putting on a sibshop
With this book, you can easily set up and run a sibshop for siblings of kids with special needs. Think of the lives you can change with this book! It has great examples and encouragement, and references.

Platform for Siblings
This book provides a much needed platform for people who have siblings with special needs. It also serves as a manifesto for how you, too can set up such a workshop for people to share their experiences.

This is an excellent and empowering book that helps address the needs of siblings. I recommend this one together with Donald J. Meyers' book, "Views From Our Shoes."

Outstanding Curriculum for Siblings of Children with Special Needs
This book provides wonderful ideas for activities that certified Sibshop facilitators can use to provide the brothers and sisters of children with developmental disabilities opportunities to have fun, be kids, make friends and talk about the ups and downs of having a "special" sibling. Every organization serving children with special needs should offer a Sibshop - it is a tremendous source of family support.