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Next. Parenting a child with a special need, whether a physical disability, a learning delay, an emotional challenge, or a developmental disorder, may require the acquisition of specific skills ...
You learn the baby’s likes and dislikes by whether they smile, or laugh, or whether they cry. The same occurs with children with disabilities who can’t speak. They tell you what they like by smiling or laughing, and they tell you what they don’t like by crying or making an upset face.
Information on feeding, sleep, potty training, mobility, challenging behaviour and communication when caring for a disabled child.
Caring for Children with Disabilities: Mini Parenting Master Class. Video/Animation published by UNICEF in 2019. This video provides advice to parents of children with disabilities on supporting their children's development, including through feeding, communication, and play. View Resource ›.
Parenting a disabled child. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2020. Joanna Griffin considers medical and social models of disability and the impact of caring for a disabled child.
There are the increased costs of caring for a disabled child: additional heating, higher telephone bills and the expense of a suitable vehicle for transport, as well as clothing and bedding, equipment and house adaptations.
multisectoral care systems for children and young people with developmental disabilities. Using findings from research and practice and guided by international human rights conventions, this global report provides key insights into the state of knowledge, policy, programming and public monitoring in respect of developmental disabilities.
