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Down Syndrome Parenting 101: Must–Have Advice for Making Your Life Easier

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Natalie Hale

  • Down Syndrome Parenting 101
  • Down Syndrome Parenting 101
    A veteran parent and educator helps parents make smart, considered life decisions on their journey with their child with Down syndrome.

160 pages
2011
ISBN: 9781606130209

Down Syndrome Parenting 101 is a savvy book for parents, grandparents, teachers, and anyone who shares life with a person with Down syndrome! It's full of uplifting advice and best practices gleaned from the author's personal and professional experiences raising a son, now an adult, and teaching educators and parents how to teach children with Down syndrome to read.

Down Syndrome Parenting 101 offers inspired takes on a host of important issues, from learning to recognise and celebrate your child's personality and gifts to finding a great teacher for him, and from insisting your child pull his own weight to giving your child his space as an adult. The author—equal parts mentor, humorist, enthusiast, and realist—takes readers by the hand and walks them through the various life stages, experiences, and people they will encounter with their child including: getting to know and fall in love with your child, interacting with medical professionals, literacy, discipline, school, transitioning, and independence.

Chapters are short, a plus for busy parents, and can be read individually or sequentially. Throughout, many characters—the author's son, friends, and students—appear, serving as anecdotal evidence in support of the author's points and adding to the storytelling effect. As an added bonus, the book includes a Foreword by Martha Beck, parent of a child with Down syndrome and author of the New York Times best-seller, Expecting Adam. Turn to this upbeat book for credible, realistic advice and for a dose of bibliotherapy when you need validation and perspective.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Martha Beck

Preface

Introduction

  • 1. The Yellow Raincoat
  • 2. Unbutton That Raincoat
  • 3. Getting Started

Essentials of Your Parent-Friendly Manual

  • 4. Other Gifts
  • 5. Honestly, Now
  • 6. Intuition
  • 7. Nurturing the Parent

Beginning Years

  • 8. Extraordinary Awareness
  • 9. A Word about Doctors
  • 10. Self-Talk
  • 11. Read This: Literacy Is the New Norm
  • 12. Your Personal Humor Coach

Discipline Years

  • 13. Born to Rule
  • 14. The Noncompliance Face-off
  • 15. If All Else Fails, Try Being Real
  • 16. How to Ruin Your Child
  • 17. Communicating Emotions
  • 18. It Takes a Crew
  • 19. When It’s Not Down Syndrome

School Years

  • 20. The Education Battleground
  • 21. Student One
  • 22. Student Two
  • 23. Inclusion and Testing
  • 24. Watch Your Language!

Wahoo! Years

  • 25. The Transition Process
  • 26. Traveling Alone
  • 27. Dance Rocks

The Last Word

  • 28. Dance and Drum
  • 29. Epilogue