I found this article that gave tips, on how to reduce stress, for parents who have children with learning disabilities. This article highlighted a few good points that I didn't consider to reduce stress. Parents who have children with disabilities have a lot to do on a daily basis. The second tip discusses setting realistic standards. Parents need to set realistic standards for the load they can carry and try not to take on too much. Although it may be tough for a parent to adjust their lifestyle to fulfill all their child's need, parents need to reject jobs or activities that they would normally participate in so they don't become too stressed. Adjusting to new things can give someone a lot of stress, but when one tries to adjust to new things and keep all the old things is can be worse. This week I will try to research more information on methods to reduce stress for parents with children who have a disability.
http://learningdisabilities.about.com/od/parentsandfamilyissues/tp/Stress_Management_Tips.htm
Have you determined if there are any themes across the articles you are reading?
ReplyDeleteThe articles I find are about the stress of parents and how others can help reduce the stress level of those parents.
ReplyDeleteI believe that it is essential that teachers are able to provide resources to parents but at the same time they need to know how to control their stress levels as well. Maybe providing parents with the same resources that a teacher can use can be helpful. If you feel comfortable enough maybe you and that parent can do activities together to reduce stress; this would promote parent partnership and shows support for one another.
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