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Logistics
Recommended book(s) or materials: Special Siblings: Growing Up with Someone with a Disability, Revised Edition
Seminar length: 1.5–4 hours
Number of participants: Unlimited
Who will benefit from this seminar: Parents and siblings of individuals with disabilities, professionals who work with these families Speaker Fees: (What do fees include?)
2 hours: $800
4 hours: $1300
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Seminar Description
Drawing from her own experiences as the sister of a man with cerebral palsy and mental retardation, Mary McHugh addresses the issues that siblings of children with disabilities may face throughout their lives. Participants in this seminar will explore how a sibling’s childhood and later life may be affected by factors like birth order, the way they adjust to their sibling with a disability, and the role their sibling plays in their life. The seminar also covers such specific issues as
- what brothers and sisters of children with disabilities need from their parents
- how having a sibling with a disability may affect the child’s or adult’s social and professional relationships
- what supports are available for siblings in distress
- how career options for the sibling without disabilities are affected
- how families can plan together for the future of the child with a disability
Through this seminar, parents, siblings, and professionals who work with families of people with disabilities will be better equipped to understand and triumph over the challenges they may encounter.
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