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001			ocn900799495
003			OCoLC
005			20180722222209.0
008			150312s2015 mdu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2015007741
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dBTCTA _dOCLCF _dNZTPP _dIUL _dNZAUC _dYDXCP _dOCLCQ _dNFG
019			_a907090988
020			_a9781606131800 _q(pbk.)
020			_a160613180X _q(pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)900799495 _z(OCoLC)907090988
042			_apcc
092			_a649.151 _bM366
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aMarshak, Laura E. _9297337
245	1	0	_aGoing solo while raising children with disabilities / _cLaura E. Marshak, PhD.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aBethesda, MD : _bWoodbine House, Inc., _c[2015]
300			_axviii, 373 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 1. Sorting out the big picture -- 2. Coping day to day -- 3. Divorced parents making it work -- 4. Finding supports in all kinds of places -- 5. Solo fathers of children with disabilities -- 6. Bereavement: solos and their grieving children -- 8. Conceiving on your own -- 9. Dating, and sometimes "happily-ever-afters" -- 10. Parents and adult sons and daughters: letting go and staying connected -- 11. On your own for long stretches: military solos -- 12. Resilient solos creating new life stories -- 13. Conclusion.
520			_aIt is a fact that children with disabilities are more likely than other children to be living in single-parent homes. If you are raising a child with disabilities on your own -- solo parenting -- whether by choice or circumstance, you will find a wealth of support, affirmation, and practical ideas in this guide to living well. This is the first book for solo parents whose children have a wide variety of disabilities (physical, neurodevelopmental, and psychiatric), and who are widowed, separated, divorced, single by choice, adoptive or foster parents, or military spouses with deployed partners. In this book Laura Marshak skilfully weaves together extensive interviews and survey results of solo mothers and fathers (and grandparents, too) with reliable coping strategies gleaned from 25 years as a practicing psychologist and specialist in disability adjustment. The book's insightful personal narratives and the author's deconstruction of these to offer universal lessons -- from the basic (eg: practice mindfulness to de-stress) to the profound (eg: cultivate gratitude as the antidote to resentment) -- can help readers assess and transform their own lives for the better. Agencies, extended family, and friends will want a copy of this book, too, to support the solos they care about.
650		0	_aParents of children with disabilities. _9164309
650		0	_aSingle parents. _945142
650		0	_aParenting. _9694
994			_aC0 _bNFG
942			_cBOOK _00
999			_c225137 _d225137