Parenting Matters: Parenting a child with developmental delay
£12.95
Many adopted and looked after children experience particular health issues or other difficulties, sometimes due to their early experiences of loss and trauma. This book focuses on developmental delay. If you are looking to adopt or foster a child, this guide will give you practical and realistic information on what this condition may mean for your child, along with their symptoms, prognosis and treatment.
The first half of this book examines developmental delay, including diagnosis, the effects of trauma, and possible treatment - written in a straightforward and accessible style. It outlines stresses and protective factors within family life, findings from child psychotherapy, and where to get help for your child and family.
In the second half, an adopter also describes their experiences of parenting a child with developmental delay, and how it affected, and continues to affect, day-to-day family life.
This book is part of CoramBAAF’s Parenting Matters series which explores many of the health conditions commonly diagnosed in looked after children.
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One of a series of short, information-packed books on a variety of topics around parenting issues, this really does what it says on the tine. The first half of this book is a handbook of pithy, practical information on developmental delay…The second half is a hair-raising and inspiring first-person account. We need to be armed with information as we head into the fray and this book gives a brilliant overview of what we need to know. Short, readable, interesting, useful: recommended.
Sally Bell, adoptive parent, Adoption Today