HANG ON! Navigating the Emotional Roller Coaster of Raising a Child with a Disability

Every three minutes, a child is born with a disability. Every three minutes, a parent is tossed upon an emotional roller coaster of raising a child with a disability. The steep climbs and sharp curves of emotions in raising a child with a disability are not something a parent is prepared for. These parents will flounder around in a maelstrom of negative emotions for months or years until they can finally work their way out.Hang On! Navigating the Emotional Roller Coaster of Raising a Child with a Disability addresses these issues to allow parents to recognize when they are in the grasp of a negative emotion and how to overcome its impact. In doing so, the parent can then move on to the positive emotions that can be experienced in raising their child with a disability. Hang On! first addresses the negative emotions parents of a child with a disability face byProviding a brief description of twelve negative emotionsExamining the dangers of experiencing each negative emotionAllowing the parent to recognize if they are experiencing that emotionProviding ways to leave that negative emotion behindHang On! then continues to the fourteen positive emotions a parent can experience in raising a child with a disability byProviding a brief description of fourteen positive emotionsExamining the benefits derived from each emotionProviding ways to enhance the experiences of each of these positive emotions

by Melvin J. Miller, MA in Special Education, M.Ed. in Educational Leadership

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