ARTICLE: Are you recharging yourself?

[Guest guest]

This is not only an interesting article but I thought some of you in the NY

area might be interested in the authors (see bottom of article). They might

be a great resource for folks in Westchester area.

Tricia Morin

North Carolina

Are You Recharging Yourself?

By a R. Omin, CSW-R

Special needs children are likely to be high maintenance children. Whether a

disability is developmentally, neurologically or medically based, these

children require significant time, attention, planning and support. They are

sensitive on many fronts. Their emotions, behaviors, likes and dislikes are

often intensified. Their health, learning and/or social needs are vast.

These sensitivities necessitate that parents adjust their usual style in

order to suit their child's unique needs and ways of responding.

, CSW, and a Omin, CSW-R, are clinical social workers in

Westchester County, N.Y., who have extensive experience working with

individuals, families and children with special needs. They co-founded and

co-write for their newsletter Special Parenting Matters of Westchester

published three times per year. This article is a reprint of the Winter

2004, Vol. 3, No. 1 issue. For more information, contact a Omin at

914-941-8179 or at 914-939-6557 or write

SpecialParentingMatters@...

<mailto:SpecialParentingMatters@...>.

For the entire article click on the link below:

<http://www.ncld.org/newsltr/0304newsltr/0304feature2.cfm>