Living a Happy Life with a Special-Needs Child: A Parent's Perspective
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (738 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073QBZWRC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 162 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Actively involved in ministry since 1998, she served as an associate minister at Riverside Baptist Church of southwest Washington, DC, for twelve years and was ordained in 2010.Evans is a member of the International Christian Coaching Association and is the founder and director of A Pastor's Place, a not-for-profit organization that specializ
Michael Bledsoe said cogent chapters that make that information easily accessible to parents who are facing similar challenges. Robin Williams Evans has done an impressive job of rounding up information and resources and has formed succinct, cogent chapters that make that information easily accessible to parents who are facing similar challenges. The format of suggestions for further reading and the appendix of resources reiterate the chapter materials and puts at the fingertips of e
An invaluable resource for parents and caregivers of special-needs children, as well as anyone who wants to better understand them, it delivers practical advice for how to deal with a variety of situations one is likely to encounter when raising a special-needs child.Topics Evans touches upon include surviving the neonatal intensive care unit, taking care of yourself and your significant other, organizing doctor's appointments, managing hospital stays, skillfully navigating insurance, and finding childcare. Beyond the didactic value of this must-have text, it also offers something else inevitably stressed-out parents are in dire need of—hope for a happy life.Focusing on the principles of a field of study known as posttraumatic growth, Evans shares her own personal experiences and outlines very specific steps parents can take to allow their trauma not to devastate them but to change their lives for the better.In Living a Happy Life with a Special-Needs Child, you will find
. She currently resides in Maryland and is working on a series of books to share her knowledge and insights with other parents raising special-needs children. About the AuthorRobin Williams Evans holds a degree in business administration from California State University and an MDiv from Howard University School of Divinity. In addition to her ministry career, Evans is a wife and mother of a severely special-needs son. Actively involved in ministry since 1998, she served as an associate minister at Riverside Baptist Church of southwest Washington, DC, fo