Siblings of Children with Disabilities Experience Unique Issues
Having a child with a disability entails many challenges for a family. Beyond the disruption to parental life, having a child with a disability can profoundly affect the sibling relationship. Siblings share many similar concerns that parents of children with special needs have. However, considering the amount of time they spend together and the fact that the sibling relationship is the most long-lasting relationship in a family, siblings of children with disabilities experience many demanding and unique issues.
This webinar highlights the distinctive issues that well siblings face, including their unique emotional reactions, social difficulties, and academic challenges. The webinar also examines how parents and service providers can assist siblings in dealing with these challenges to establish a supportive family and social environment, enhance their coping skills, and tend to their educational and informational needs. Focusing on sibling issues will assist in fostering a more satisfying individual and family adjustment, and prevent problems for the well siblings of children with disabilities.
Course Content
A. The Reactions of Well Siblings
a. Mixed emotional reactions
b. Externalizing and internalizing problems
c. Academic and social difficulties
d. Opportunities for maturity
B. Outcome Variations
a. Differences in reaction based on child factor
b. Differences in reaction based on systematic family aspects
C. Intervention Recommendations
a. Engage the entire family and reconnect family members to each other
b. Provide early and ongoing support, information, and education
c. Create opportunities for genetic counseling and future planning
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AVIDAN MILEVSKY, PhD, LCPC, is an associate professor of psychology at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and a licensed clinical professional counselor in the state of Maryland. As a psychotherapist at Wellspring Counseling he specializes in sibling issues in therapy. He has over 20 years of experience working in various settings and populations focusing on systems approaches to interventions. While earning his PhD at Florida International University, he received the GSA Social Sciences prize for his work on sibling relationships. Dr. Milevsky was the founding chair of the Psychology Department at Touro College South and is a visiting professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He serves as the director of the Center for Parenting Research at Kutztown University. His clinical research on families and siblings has produced over 100 conference presentations, and more than 20 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including a contribution to the Encyclopedia of Adolescence. His most recent book on siblings, Sibling Relationships in Childhood and Adolescence: Predictors and Outcomes, was published by Columbia University Press.
Dr. Milevsky has lectured to audiences in the U.S., Canada, South America, Europe, and the Middle-East on various topics including family issues in therapy, parenting, sibling relationships, and the intersection between spirituality and mental health. He has been interviewed by national media about his work on siblings including stories in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press, Real Simple, and Allure magazine. Additionally, Dr. Milevsky is a columnist for Psychology Today and The Huffington Post on sibling issues. He has been a guest expert on TV and radio, including an appearance on Public Radio International's "The Takeaway."
Dr. Milevsky is currently consulting in an effort to introduce legislation that would strengthen sibling visitation rights in family court and recognize the importance of sibling relationships on the emotional and psychological development of children.
Psychologists, Counselors, Nurse Practitioners, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Social Workers, Educators
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