Thriving Together: An Essential Guide: Finding Support and Mastering Self-Care for Caregivers of Children With Additional Support Needs - Paperback

Everyone knows self-care is important, but how do you actually do it when your child's needs are so much more than you anticipated? Thriving Together offers research-based tips on how the work of self-care gets done. Spoiler: you're not meant to do this all on your own. With a focus on getting the support parents and caregivers need to manage their own self-care, find practical tips delivered with respect for how difficult it is to make it all happen. Written by neurodivergent social worker, Autism consultant, and mother to a non-speaking Autistic child, Thriving Together provides an outline of how to manage caring for yourself while being the caregiver you want to be. Topics include how to access your community and social care programs, everyday self-care, and managing in times of high stress or crisis all backed by research to be the most effective coping tools.