Systems, Services, or Resources for Essay

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Perhaps the best solution for parents is to create local support networks to better enable them to work together within the existing school systems. Dealing with the administrative bureaucracy of the educational system can be difficult, particularly for a parent with the additional stresses of coping with a special need child's emotional, educational, and social challenges. Parents can share advice and 'war stories' together in school-specific support groups.

In conclusion, working in conjunction with national and state organizations that specifically address and provide information specific to the child's rights; with private organizations that give information about the child's disability; and soliciting nearby emotional support and information specific to the child's school district may be the most satisfying multi-pronged strategy for a parent coping with a child with special needs.

Working locally with other parents enables families with special needs children to find personal, emotional support for what they are enduring.
Working with state organizations provides parents with additional information specific to the district in which their child is located. Consulting with national organizations, such as the U.S. Department of Education provides concrete information as to what children with special needs require, under federal law, such as Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Working with private support groups specific to the child's disability engages parents in a larger movement of activism specific to the needs of the child, such as expanding autism research and developing new treatments to deal with children with physical impairments as well as cognitive impairments. For parents to truly feel engaged and effective in helping their special needs child, this type of a multi-pronged strategy is demanded......

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