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Title: You Will Dream New Dreams: Inspiring Personal Stories by Parents of Children With Disabilities by Stanley D. Klein, Kim Schive ISBN: 1-57566-560-3 Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp Pub. Date: April, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.36 (14 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Straight-forward, Uplifting, but Not Maudlin
Comment: I feared that this might be a maudlin book about "special children." Instead, it is a collection of parents' stories -- straight-forward and often uplifting without straying into the maudlin. These parents talk about their shock, their grief, their struggle, their pride, their success. This book helpfully includes a variety of types of disabilities and stories about children ages infant through adult. Several of the parents talk about school inclusion -- an extremely important topic for parents of kids with special needs.
One quibble that I have with this book is the frequent emphasis on parent-to-parent support. I believe that, while this is extremely helpful to some parents, it is not necessarily universally helpful.
If you're a parent of a child with special needs, I believe that this book will speak to you. If you are a teacher -- of any kind, at any level -- PLEASE read this book and gain new insight into the experiences of parents of children with special needs.
Rating: 5
Summary: Inspiration + Understanding for Special Needs Parents
Comment: You Will Dream New Dreams helped me deal with some of the feelings of grief and pain as the mother of a special needs toddler. I found hope, inspiration, and understanding in the experiences of other parents. I wish I had had this book when my baby was first diagnosed! You can read this book in small doses-one or two essays at a time--, which I found helpful as mom to a busy little one! P.S. - Don't forget the tissues when you read it.
Rating: 4
Summary: New appreciation for fellow parents
Comment: My very pro-life girlfriend sent me this book as a gift the week I was due to go in for invasive testing to find out if I would be in these parents' shoes. She meant it well but it was poor and inappropriate timing. Once I had my test results, which said my baby was 'normal', I then read the book and learned a lot. I'll give you the perspective from a parent who has never had extra challenges to raising my children.
This book is geared to those who have just learned of a diagnosis. I would also recommend it to anyone who works in related fields. It doesn't address the long-term issues and doesn't hand out answers. The parents were mostly disarmingly honest in how they felt and how they coped. Some of the parents of children with Down Syndrome were a little rightious but most were refreshingly forthright.
While I feel grateful that I never had to face what these parents have, I didn't pity them. I also felt, and it is always the possiblity that I might still find myself in similar shoes, that the strength is there. I would learn and grow and cope with what we would face and it wouldn't diminish the love I have for my children, including the one en route. I could adjust my dreams.
The book is engaging and reads easily. I want to learn more on the subject. You also learn what to say and not say to other parents. We're all equals. It's a tough job and maybe some of us have a job a little more difficult but we'll all get it in the end, whatever the goals and aspirations are.
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Title: Changed by a Child by Barbara Gill ISBN: 0385482434 Publisher: Main Street Books Pub. Date: 17 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Uncommon Fathers: Reflections on Raising a Child With a Disability by Donald J. Meyer ISBN: 0933149689 Publisher: Woodbine House Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: From the Heart: On Being the Mother of a Child With Special Needs by Jayne D. B. Marsh ISBN: 0933149794 Publisher: Woodbine House Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Special Children, Challenged Parents: The Struggles and Rewards of Raising a Child With a Disability by Robert A. Naseef ISBN: 1557665354 Publisher: Paul H Brookes Pub Co Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Special Kids Need Special Parents: A Resource for Parents of Children With Special Needs by Judith Loseff Lavin ISBN: 0425176622 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 06 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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