Having a child with a disability is an experience the family goes through across a series of psychological crises and unexpected reactions that the family is not equipped to face. From this standpoint, this training kit provides integrated content that enables counsellors and psychological and social specialists to acquire the family counselling skills necessary to help parents adapt to this crisis.
The kit also addresses how to guide families towards the available medical, therapeutic, educational and psychological options, and provides them with information that supports the family's mental health, promotes a positive image of people with special needs, and guarantees them their full rights to a dignified and safe life.
The kit also sheds light on the importance of siblings' role and their acceptance of having a sibling with a disability within the family, considering this an essential part of the family counselling process and the path to successful community inclusion.
Psychologists and social workers, family counsellors, and staff working with families of people with disabilities.