Strength for the Journey: Conversations for Parents of Children with Disabilities (Vitality Café Booster Pack)
We all know the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.” This is especially true in the case of children with disabilities. Parents of children with disabilities face the same challenges as every parent—with added complexities, higher stress, more unknowns, and often, a completely shifted family foundation. Parent Cafés for parents of children with disabilities can assist families with gaining the knowledge, resources, support, and understanding that come with the territory. That’s what this Café Booster Pack is all about.
This booster pack features 30 cards in both English and Spanish that can be used as a stand-alone Café resource, mixed into other Café in a Box decks that utilize the Domains of Vitality, or used in one-on-one conversations.
Naming this Resource
Be Strong Families has chosen to use the term “children with disabilities” with this Café resource. Our goal is to use person-first language that highlights an individual’s humanity and does not conflate the person with the disability.
Other terms that have been predominantly used in the human services community, such as “special needs,” are generally considered to be antiquated, ineffective euphemisms that can act as barriers to essential conversation. In using the term “children with disabilities,” we utilize an inclusive term consistent with the current predominant preference of people in the community being served.
