How Do You Parent A Child With Developmental Or Physical Disabilities?
Too often parents of children with developmental or physical disabilities, or a combination of both, do not know how to involve them in inclusive activities like picking up or cleaning, or how to teach them proper behaviors and rules. I have a granddaughter who is eleven years of age with Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy, which is more physical and developmental in nature. For those of you who have children or grandchildren, and who teach or provide childcare for adolescents or young children like my granddaughter here are some parenting tips. As a parent or caregiver you need to go by a child’s developmental age rather than their chronological age when using parenting techniques or providing discipline. As an example, if a child is eleven years old chronologically, yet seven years old developmentally, then the child should be parented as if they are seven years old. Make rules and set boundaries for a child of seven. If your child is in a wheelchair, can only use one arm or hand an
