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5 tips to support siblings of children with additional needs
Mar 28, 2024
Our mission at HRD Consultancy is to ensure that every individual with learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, neurodivergent, are able to thrive and reach their full potential.
When you have a child with additional needs, their siblings may feel overlooked...
It was certainly something that I struggled with when my children were younger. My eldest son did not have a diagnosis, but my younger two did, and there were often times when he'd say things like it wasn't fair or that I treated them differently, that they get more attention than him, and the like.
Now, that's because actually we have to adapt the way that we parent according to each child.
And I think that would have been the case had my children not had autism, but became even more heightened because they did.
And I know you probably resonate. It's a common challenge we have as parents of children with additional needs.
So I've put together a few tips from my latest...
