Raising a Handicapped Child

Charlotte E. Thompson

• 02 december 1999
• 9780195132533

Samenvatting:

Around 12per cent of school children are disabled from birth defects, accidents, illnesses, or other causes, meaning that 700 children needing special care are born each day, and the number appears to be growing. This book offers a practical and reassuring guide for parents who care for these children.



Around twelve per cent of school children are disabled from birth defects, accidents, illnesses, or other causes. This means that seven hundred children who need special care are born each day, 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. The book includes advice on how to find the best professional help, how to keep up with the latest medical treatments, how to cope with the costs of medical treatment, how to select educational programs that are geared to specific disabilities and are designed to fulfill a handicapped child's greatest potential, and how parents and family can help themselves and each other.