Letters to Our Children

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The Editors have put together powerful testimonials about raising children with disabilities. This much needed pubhcation reaches out to everyone involved in lives where special needs are being addressed, challenged and succeeding in ways we did not think possible just a few short years ago. We are not alone. This speaks to the issue of personal support networks that are WORKING. Don Bevan, President,
Chrysalis, An Alberta Society for Citizens with Disabilities
I couldn't read Letters To Our Children in one sitting. It is a powerful and emotional message about love and commitment in families. It will be an inspiration to all parents. Colleen Biondi, B.S.W., R.S.W., Director of Volunteers, Catholic Family Service
Letters To Our Children is not about new innovations and strategies. It is about dreams and aspirations. It is about journeys, and about love and insight. It is about the realization that each life is a life to be savoured-no matter how fragile or vigorous that life at... Tovább

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The Editors have put together powerful testimonials about raising children with disabilities. This much needed pubhcation reaches out to everyone involved in lives where special needs are being addressed, challenged and succeeding in ways we did not think possible just a few short years ago. We are not alone. This speaks to the issue of personal support networks that are WORKING. Don Bevan, President,
Chrysalis, An Alberta Society for Citizens with Disabilities
I couldn't read Letters To Our Children in one sitting. It is a powerful and emotional message about love and commitment in families. It will be an inspiration to all parents. Colleen Biondi, B.S.W., R.S.W., Director of Volunteers, Catholic Family Service
Letters To Our Children is not about new innovations and strategies. It is about dreams and aspirations. It is about journeys, and about love and insight. It is about the realization that each life is a life to be savoured-no matter how fragile or vigorous that life at first seems. This collection of letters should be an essential companion for every professional in the field and everyone else who cares about others. It should accompany every professional in the field and be as close and as well used as one's daily diary. Every day of "work" should start with a contemplative reading of at least one of these letters to serve as a reminder of the bigger context in which we serve. Gerrit Groeneweg, Ph.D.,
Executive Director, Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute
Participating in Letters To Our Children has been a tremendously uplifting process. I love my son and there are important things I want him to know. This is an opportunity to share and tell our stories. Writing a letter to Michael, prompted me to begin a letter to my other son Sean who is an integral person in Michael's life and mine. I gained tremendous strength and shed many tears when I read the other letters, letters filled with power and love. Elaine Yost, Parent,
Vice President, Alberta Association for Community Living
The striking thing about the children who inspired these letters, indeed the remarkable thing about all "special needs" children is the ease with which they command our hearts and compel us to care. Their essential human loveliness stands forth precisely because of their differences, and we are the better for being so near that loveliness. Jim Jordan, Parent,
Executive Director, Canadian Special Olympics
The Alberta Association for Community Living (AACL) was founded almost forty years ago as a voice for parents. AACL is proud to be able to demonstrate its continuing commitment to the expression of this voice, as represented by the powerful stories of Letters To Our Children. Bruce Uditsky,
Executive Director, Alberta Association for Community Living
Through the challenges and tragedies, hopes and dreams, that have been a daily part of their lives and the lives of their children, these parents have grown in wisdom and understanding, love and compassion. Letters To Our Children allows the reader to share the parents stories, and to experience growth in both professional and personal interactions. This book contains poignant and valuable lessons of benefit to all who read it. Stan F. Whitsett, Ph.D., Psychologist, Alberta Children's Hospital Vissza