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Dear Friend
Happy Christmas
Welcome to the Christmas Issue of your Additional Needs Newsletter. At this time of year we can find ourselves torn, trying to meet everyone’s expectations for the holiday season! Thinking about this, we have gathered together several articles, each looking at the Christmas Holiday from a different angle.
Monica shares some ideas for spending time with the siblings of our Additional Needs child and, in Family Perspectives, Valerie tells us about her grandchildren.
We offer some suggestions for Surviving the Season and Anna takes a light-hearted look at Christmas with teenagers in the family.
However you choose to celebrate the season, we wish you a very happy Christmas. |
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December 2011
In this Edition |
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 Maggie Stapleton - Beth Mellor
Additional Needs Project
You can contact us as follows: Email maggie@cff.org.uk or call (029) 2081 0800 or write to us at Care for the Family, Garth House, Freepost (CF4636) Cardiff CF15 7GZ |
 Suggestions for Surviving the Season
The approaching holiday season can be a stressful and exceptionally busy time of year for all of us. As parents we hope to create a lovely, happy Christmas for each family member. However, when we have a child, or children, with Additional Needs
it can be even more difficult to meet the needs of everyone.
Care for the Family’s Katharine Hill recently wrote, “Begin by recognising that the
perfect Christmas is a myth”. Good advice! While none of us is an expert, we are each the expert on our own family, and these are some ideas that we have found helpful!
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 Family Perspectives
At this time of year many families choose to travel to be together for the holiday season. Valerie shares some of what she and her husband Mike have experienced as grandparents to James and Naomi.
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 A Cause to Celebrate
Anna, mum to three teenagers, writes light-heartedly about the chaos of Christmas planning in her family home. Balancing the children, the husband, the grandmother and the odd extra visitor!
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 Sibs
‘Sibs’ is the UK charity for people who grow up with a disabled brother or sister. Monica, from Sibs, shares some ideas for giving attention to the siblings of your Additional Needs child or children during the holidays.
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How Parent Support for Additional Needs can help you
Being able to accept our child with additional needs can be hard, especially in the early years. Speaking to one of our befrienders allows you to ‘say the unsayable’ to someone who understands. |
 Support on the phone
Parents need to know that others who have 'walked that path' are
available to help. Our team of befrienders is only a phone call away
– simply call (029) 2081 0800 to be put in touch with a befriender.
Support in your inbox
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