This book considers the challenges of caring for children with physicaldevelopmental and mental health disorders and proposes methods such as learningto see eve... » 

This book considers the challenges of caring for children with physicaldevelopmental and mental health disorders and proposes methods such as learningto see events through your childs own eyes celebrating their strengths andachievements and recognizing how others can help your child. Chapters deal withkey topics such as coping with a diagnosis discussing support needs with achilds teachers and explaining a childs differences to their peers. Theauthors stress the importance of parents building support systems forthemselves and their children. Real stories from parents and example scenariosillustrate the common difficulties faced by parents of children with specialneeds and the authors explain how painful thoughts may be identified andreframed through techniques grounded in cognitive behavior therapy. CruciallyBuilding a Joyful Life warns against parents neglecting their own needs and aexercises will help them to find ways of regaining balance in their lives. «