Taking Care, a show for special needs parents on the Disorder Channel

My new show, Taking Care, is now available on the Disorder Channel!

This show is for parents who have learned that taking the best care of a disabled child means caring for themselves, too. Each episode has been designed just for you; every episode is SHORT, becuase I know that your time is precious. Also, in every episode, I’m going to share with you tips and strategies that you can start using right away. Because I’d love to have you watching, but I want to help you take action, too.

The Disorder Channel is available as a free app on Amazon Firestick and Roku devices. In addition to Taking Care, you’ll find many other amazing series and movies on the channel that all have to do with life with a disability. It’s an incredible collection.

Taking Care Resources

If there’s an additional resource or activity mentioned on the show, here’s where you’ll find it.

Epsiode 4: Is it wrong to feel grief when your child is diagnosed with a disability, and what to do when that’s how you feel

Values Clarification Exercise.

Print the values card sort activity available here and cut out the cards. Each card represents a personal value that you may hold, and each deck includes 87 values. Sort these values into three groups: those which are not important to you, those which are important, and those which are most important. Then, reduce the ‘most important’ group to just your top 10. Finally, put these 10 into rank order.

Once you have finished, consider the following questions

• How are you living in accordance with your values? In what areas have you acted inconsistently with your values?
• What decisions or dilemmas are you facing that could be resolved by being more attuned to your values?
• If you were to live the next year fully invested in living your values, what things would change? What could you do more of, and what would you stop doing?
• How have your values changed since having a child with disabilities?
• How might your values, or your ability to live in accordance with them, be influenced by your grief or acceptance of your child’s disaiblities?