EXTREME PARENTING

Raising children who have disabilities…

by Kylie McClelland

For parents of children with special needs, to achieve visibility and meaningful interaction in their communities takes a whole set of skills and commitment quite different to those required to achieve the same outcomes for a family of typically developing individuals. This is an everyday struggle that not all parents face. It requires Extreme Parenting, and that’s what author Kylie McClelland shares in her book—her personal experience, the issues these parents need to deal with, and the strategies and techniques they must equip themselves with to achieve the parenting required to address their children’s needs.

“I am not in the business of telling anyone how to live. This is just what I did, how I met the challenges and helped my family both as individuals and as a unit to have a life which is more happy than it isn’t. It’s certainly not the only way, and it may not be the “right “way but it is what has worked for us,” says McClelland.

This book outlines the author’s user’s guide to Extreme Parenting. It is her slant on many professional ideas and techniques she has used to shape her own practises in her "mumming". She recognises that all those caring for people with extra needs have to routinely think outside the box and should be supported and applauded for doing so. She also challenges those professionals who are paid to work alongside the areas of family or disability to partner with the author and other parents like her in guiding their challenging children toward their potential for adult lives of dignity and choice.