Product Description

A Workshop Planning Guide For Children Ages 8-13 Who Have A Brother Or Sister With A Special Need.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #959482 in Books
• Published on: 1994-08-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 237 pages

Review
Sibshops are fun, and a whole lot more! --Newsletter of Seattle Childrens Hospital and Medical Center

Sibshops is a terrific book! Don Meyer integrates his extraordinary wisdom and experience with the growing body of research about the relationships between sisters and brothers when one has a disability. Then by including many very thoughtful details and sensitive explanations and examples, Don shows how caring parents and professionals can create Sibshops and continue his pioneering work in local communities everywhere. --Co-Founder, Exceptional Parent Magazine

This book is aimed at parents of children with special needs, adult siblings, and professionals who work with families. It is highly accessible, informative, and a pleasure to read. The text is interspersed with cartoon drawings and pictures that add considerably to the general sparkle of the whole work. It is overall positive, optimistic, and inspiring. I want to organize a Sibshop tomorrow! --Journal of Pediatric Psychology

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

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.