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Looking the other way : raising children with special needs in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Stephanie Weaver.
- Title
- Looking the other way : raising children with special needs in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Stephanie Weaver.
- Author
- Weaver, Stephanie
- Publication
- Auckland [N.Z.] : HarperCollins, 1999.
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Details
- Description
- 192 pages : portrait; 22 cm
- Summary
- Drawing on her own experience of parenting a daughter with a sever intellectual disability, Stephanie Weaver provides a much-needed resourc ebook for birth families, foster families, caregivers and health and education professionals in New Zealand. This book will be of interest to anyone who wants to learn more about the challenges faced by those who are raising children with disabilities, severe health problems or special needs. Threaded through the text are comments of many other similarly affected parents, grandparents and siblings who have shared their experiences with the author.
- Subject
- Parents of children with disabilities > New Zealand
- Parents of children with disabilities > Services for > New Zealand
- Chronically ill children > Home care > New Zealand
- Children with disabilities > Home care > New Zealand
- Children with disabilities > Family relationships > New Zealand
- Parents d'enfants handicapés > Nouvelle-Zélande
- Parents d'enfants handicapés > Services > Nouvelle-Zélande
- Enfants malades chroniques > Soins à domicile > Nouvelle-Zélande
- Enfants handicapés > Relations familiales > Nouvelle-Zélande
- Children with disabilities > Family relationships
- Children with disabilities > Home care
- Chronically ill children > Home care
- Parents of children with disabilities
- Parents of children with disabilities > Services for
- Disabled Children
- Disabled Persons
- New Zealand
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 186).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The emotional impact -- The real-life situation -- Coping skills & support -- The extended family -- Systems & how to succeed within them -- The support system -- The medical system -- The education system -- Appendies (Useful addresses ; Other books ; Who does what? ; Setting up a support group ; Benefits, services & legislation).
- ISBN
- 1869503198
- 9781869503192
- LCCN
- 2001411863
- OCLC
- 52409351
- SCSB-12798296
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library