After searching for "parent friendly" resources I came across a document created by Vanderbilt that outlined Siblings of Individuals with disabilities: Tips and Resources for Parents. It is set up in a way that parents can seek the question in which they are concerned and find the answers given by the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center For Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. The article discusses everything from discussing the disability with the typical developing child to the spacial needs of the family. What I liked most is it gives the reader ways in which the center may help.
The Kennedy center holds a SibsSaturdays where siblings who have a brother or sister with a disability with the opportunity to play games and meet friends with other siblings in the same situation. This is a great community resource.
http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy_files/SiblingsTipsandResourcesNov2010.pdf
Wow letting siblings have the opportunity to talk with someone else (especially someone close in age proximaty) is a great stress relief. They can talk about the similarities and differences that they have experienced from their siblings behavior. Or they can talk about other things that can get their minds off their siblings with emotional disturbances.
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