what are common factors parents ofchildren with disabilities need to examine?

Answer 1

I think they need to think about the long term ramifications of the disability and help their child develop coping strategies (of course this would depend on the type of disability). They would also need to look at the types of classrooms and/or accommodations offered to the child. They need to examine the amount of time advocating for their children can take.

Answer 2

As a special education teacher AND the parent of a child with special needs (autism) I would say that common factors all parents of children with disabilities need to examine would be:

1) Etiology of the disability - what is the cause? Often knowing that helps in determining treatment and education.

2) Putting together a team of people to support the child - this includes doctors, therapists, educators, friends and family members.

3) Search out services for which the child may be eligible for at little or no cost. For example SCL (supported community living), respite services, and other (even experimental - but use common sense) forms of treatment. Keep in mind that your goal as a parent is not necessarily to "fix" the child, but to have them learn to better adapt to the mainstream within the context of the disability. Children need to be given tools to succeed, not made to feel that they are dysfunctional.

4) Impact on the family - planning for the future. Where will the child live once you pass on or become incapable of caring for him/her? The financial impact. The impact on siblings. The impact on family dynamics. The impact on basically everything.

Final, most important, factor:

5) How will this child know he/she is loved? With different disabilities, it's different. As I've seen with my son, with love - all things are possible.

***I could come up with another 50 factors, but these are the first that came to mind........

Answer 3

Do you mean in regards to dealing with the discovery of a disability, the grieving process that parents go through? Parents of children with disabilities go through a grieving process much like that of losing a child, and in a way, they have. They have "lost" the child that they had dreamed about having. In that way, parents must face the same types of steps: denial, anger, bargaining, acceptance, etc. that a person who is grieving the loss of a loved one must. Some parents move quickly through these stages, and others take longer... just as with grieving a death. Each parent's experience is different and they must deal with it in their own way before they are truly ready to help their child succeed. Not sure if this is what you meant, but hope it helps.

Answer 4

I'm not sure what you're asking. Every disability is different and every situation is different. Are you asking about a specific disability? Or about things to watch out for in special education?

Answer 5

is the child's condition due to poor eating habits, bad sleeping habits, bad family relationship to the others in the family, is there more to the occurrence than anyone one is telling, can the disabled person survive help and what would they do if they got help would it make the disabled happy or is it being forced on them. i got hate,contempt,beat deaf,threat,beatings,broken bones,isolation, mercury shots and lock down just for being hyper-and there are no records of any of it so you have to watch for sociopathic nuts in this category of wanna help your kid stuff, most help is done by authorities try to get the helpless kid in a more helpless position and then they make an underachiever out of them, usually there is a regulator in the crowd to suppress and apply nasty stuff

Answer 6

Can you clarify what factors or disabilities you are referring to? Disabilities are wide ranging and factors can vary based on diagnoses.