Special brothers and sisters
Subtitle: stories and tips for siblings of children with a disability or serious illness
By: edited by Annette Hames and Monica McCaffrey ; illustrated by Brendan McCaffrey.
Contributors: Hames, Annette, 1957-; McCaffrey, Monica, 1963-; McCaffrey, Brendan.
Edition: 1st American pbk. ed.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers; Jessica Kingsley Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9781843103837
Subjects: Children with disabilities -- Family relationships; Brothers and sisters of people with disabilities; Children with disabilities -- Family relationships -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A note to brothers and sisters; title: A note to parents; title: He won't be able to walk and talk, Jessica 3; title: I like it best when I'm tickling her, Emmy 4; title: Sometimes she pulls my hair, Chanel 4; title: I go to school with my brother, Carla 5; title: I feel a bit left out, Jane 5; title: I felt sad when Ginni was in hospital, Lakshmi 5; title: Craig's really good in goal, Liam 6; title: Sometimes I get quite embarrassed, Nicole 6; title: He wakes me up, Jack 7; title: I am thinking he might die, Laurie 7; title: I feel sad because she has to go to hospital, William 73/4; title: Me and my sister tease him, Daniel 8; title: I like to see people talking to my brother, Elizabeth 8; title: We watch TV and he gets all excited, Lewis 8; title: You know how to do more stuff, Tamara 8; title: People stare, Anna 9; title: We have to play things with Faris instead, Ayla 9 & Amani 6; title: I have to control my temper, Brandon 10; title: Sometimes we play football on our knees, Jordi 10; title: I didn't see him for 6 weeks, Nathaniel 11; title: I get fun days out too, Sian 11; title: He really changes his moods, Emma 11; title: I see his disability as an advantage, Amar 11; title: She went to school in Scotland, Camilla 11; title: We have to be very patient, Oliver 12; title: Helen was getting all the attention, Eve 12; title: Our budgies are good for him, Jennifer 12; title: I get to chat to others my age, Kirsten 13; title: I tried to find out more, Stephanie 13; title: Mum and dad buy tosh lots of toys, Rosanna 13; title: I've found this very hard to deal with, Ben 14; title: They aggravate me, Christopher 14; title: What's going to happen to her? Daniel 15; title: I used to love the Christmas parties, Lauren 15; title: Anger versus love, Emma 15; title: I took time out to be with him, Emma 16; title: I think, is it time for him to go? Dan 16; title: We are unable to take holidays together, Joanne 17; title: I worry about Kirsty sometimes, John 17 & Paul 12; title: I am always offered one of his sweets, Laura.