The elephant in the playroom
Subtitle: ordinary parents write intimately and honestly about the extraordinary highs and heartbreaking lows of raising kids with special needs
By: Denise Brodey
Publisher: Hudson Street Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781594630354
Subjects: Family relationships; Disabled Children; Children with disabilities; Parents of children with disabilities; Parenting
Table of contents: title: Sec. 1. Think different. What's not for lunch / Nadine; title: You can't rush a good thing / Lorie Bricker; title: Musical beds / Nicole Lynch; title: Impacting the bottom line / RW; title: My other half / Lisa Carver; title: Hysterical blindness / Ellen Glaser; title: sec. 2. Taking care of you. Mother's helpers / Dawn; title: Private session in progress / Richard Ellenson; title: Only human / Marla Davishoff; title: Crash landings / Laura Cichoracki; title: Danger : do not compare child to others / Anonymous; title: It is okay to be angry / Susan Marrash-Minnerly; title: I broke all the rules today / Lorena Smith; title: sec. 3. The roller coaster. Anticipating difference / David McDonough; title: Dark times can be followed by deep joy / Maryrose Sylvester; title: The meaning of family / Barbara Nelson; title: Good grief / Felice McCreary; title: A truly unique ride / Lisa Lori; title: sec. 4. Schools that work, schools that don't. "I got that autistic kid" / Patti Gaultney; title: Expect the best: it just might happen to you / Drusilla Belman; title: My friends are waiting for me / Rebecca Stern; title: The team approach / Dawn Mazzeo; title: Trust your instincts / Stephanie Ruby; title: sec. 5. To medicate or not to medicate. Why we chose meds / Leigh Anne Wilson; title: What worked for us / Harriet Brown; title: My son is still alive / Kimberly; title: Keep this in mind / Rick Porter; title: A different boy / Veronica; title: sec. 6. Going public. You do exist / Stephanie Dolgoff; title: Dream house / Scott Newport; title: You just don't understand / Rachel; title: Out there on her own / Dan; title: Friends forever? / Ann Colin; title: sec. 7. Seeing the forest through the trees. Dutch boy / Anna Perera; title: Coming out of the dark / Celeste Soules; title: The big moment / Derrik Eichelberger; title: Dwell in possibility / Katy Parrish; title: Memo from the Department of Hindsight / Teresa S.; title: Great moments / Marie A. Sherrett; title: The real versus the ideal / Todd Whelan; title: Y.E.S. / Brenda Fletcher.