Children With Special Needs For Children

Outline the legal entitlements of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs.

To find that a member a family has learning difficulty is a huge shock for the rest of the family and brings emotions and new challenges. Living with a disabled person can have profound effects on the entire family–parents, siblings(brothers and sisters).For parents, having a disabled child

The impacts will likely depend on the type of condition and severity, as well as the physical, emotional, and financial wherewithal of the family and the resources that are available. For parents, having a disabled child may increase stress, take a toll on mental and physical health, make it difficult to find appropriate and affordable child care, and affect decisions about work, education/training, having additional children, and relying on public support. It may be associated with guilt, blame, or reduced self-esteem. It may divert attention from other aspects of family functioning.

Interviewing the parent of a child diagnosed with learning disability can be intimidating. It is difficult to gauge how much a parent wants to reveal about their child. Also, it is not unusual to discover that one parent is at a different place of acceptance than the other parent. Each family member’s journey is different; for example, it is not rare for a father to work out the emotional difficulty of a special needs diagnosis differently than a mother.

There comes a time in every child’s life when they become aware of who they are and question their place in the world, this is no different for a child with a disability. Most important is that every child has a safe environment to be able to express themselves without receiving judgement from adults.

Many would choose to argue that those who have a certain mental illness or learning disability are not considered a special needs child. These people only consider those who may have physical abnormalities to be special needs. Because many think this way, they may not want to help the special needs community because they are afraid of it being “awkward”. “About 70 percent of babies prenatally diagnosed with Down Syndrome are aborted.” says Becker, Writer and mother of a daughter with Down Syndrome (Garrison). Many people choose not to be involved with special needs because they don’t want to be put in that situation or won’t know how to interact with them.

To best suit a child with special needs a variety of different elements need to be considered to develop the best plan for the child. This is why it is important to understand that not every child with special needs has a mom or dad. They may have a foster parent and it is the responsibility of the special education teacher to include the foster parent and work with all members of the family. Next, it is important to understand the a disability not only impacts the child but siblings as well. Some siblings may be very helpful while others may act out, it is important to consider siblings when creating a plan as well. Lastly, as a special education teacher, it is important to consider if any extended family help with any responsibility with raising the child. A child has a greater rate of success when all members of the family are working together and are on the same

Knowing what it is like to be a sibling with someone with special needs. I know that other siblings

Jarbrink and Knapp (2001) note that ASDs requires management throughout an individual’s life, with no specific cure; this results in high costs of interventions. This presents specific sets of challenges to caregivers especially in resource strained settings. Several studies have shown that parents of children with developmental disabilities experience heightened stress (Blacher, 1984; Schieve, Blumberg, Rice, Visser and Boyle, 2007), impaired mental health (Weiss, 1991), a sense of devaluation and self-blame (Holroyd, Brown, Wikler & Simmons, 1975), and impaired physical functioning, tiredness and exhaustion (Hedov, Anneren & Wikblad, 2000; Emerson, 2003).

Brothers or sisters of those who have a chronic illness experience a lot; they have an unimaginably hard role, especially for a young chThis situation This can lead to mental, physical and social stress. Siblings of children with a disability not only miss out their activities such as sports but also time with parents and friends. However, many positives arise with this situation; these children are undoubtedly understanding and compassionate to those who are different.

Growing up, my brother and I played with the other kids in our neighborhood, as most children do. My friends did not discriminate against my brother’s condition. Later on, I would find out that not everyone would be so accepting of him. My brother eventually started school. His early years at school where at times very tough for him. Not just from his disabilities but also

My previous assumptions towards the family model was mostly a stereotypical one. My views have been altered through from understanding the many different types, such as single parents or grandparents as a primary caregiver of children. Examining a family model with a child with a disability makes me contemplate how different and difficult the experience would be,

At an early age in my life I was introduced to person with special needs. My great aunt, Tamie, who was mentally disabled, taught me a lot about handling people that have special needs. One specific event I remember is when I was around 10 years old and my great aunt attended one of my little league baseball games with my mother. Tamie was a person who enjoyed being out with our family, especially coming to baseball games. At the baseball game, Tamie would yell for me during the entire game. No matter what happened in the game, good or bad, Tamie was still cheering for me. Many 10-year old children would have probably been embarrassed or thought it was weird, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Tami’s tender love and care for my family and me has shown me multiple aspects of people with special needs. Tamie showed me that people with special needs have some abilities that they have trouble with and some that they do not. Being around her showed me this. Tamie was always at the best of her abilities when being accommodated when she was struggling. Seeing these accommodations at a young age has opened my eyes on how important it is in special education and even in life for special needs people. With these accommodations these people can be included in various ways into society and are able to participate just as any person would be able to.

There are some areas of study that are ignored when focusing on family dynamics of children with disabilities. For example, while a great deal of attention is paid to how families of children with disabilities can become dysfunctional only a small amount of attention is focused on how these families successfully navigate the challenges posed by raising a disabled child. In fact, only articles by Algood, Harris, and Hong (2013), and Antonopoulou, Hadjikakou, Stampoltzis, and Nicolaou (2012) focus at all on how parents of disabled children are successful at juggling the needs of TD children and the needs of their disabled child/children.

Parents may be unable to help them anymore due to health and family expenses, other personal problems or emergencies.