Description:

Families of children with disabilities often face unique stressors such as school advocacy, balancing family needs, and managing caregivers’ emotional or psychological responses to challenges.  Building resilience is critical to the calm, peace and balance needed to navigate challenges and stay motivated to push forward. Developing resilience takes time, patience, and consistent effort. I look forward to sharing specific strategies toward achieving, and maintaining, a resilient spirit and state of mind.

Presenters: Sharon M. Dossett, owner of Sharon M Dossett Consulting LLC (or SMDC), provides personal & professional development services, both virtually and in-person.  Services include child specialist mediation, psychotherapy, and clinical supervision.  Sharon has 35 years of experience, 20+ in leadership, working locally and abroad with culturally diverse youth and adults to promote civil dialogue, self-awareness, empathy, and authentic communication for better relationship building. Sharon earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in Sociology and Psychology, a Master’s Degree in Social Work, and an MBA.  To learn more about Sharon and SMDC’s services, philosophy, guiding values and approach, please visit her website https://sharonmdossett.com

Learning Objectives:

1. Define resilience and its importance to strengthening families of children with disabilities
2. List 3 or more practical strategies for building resilience in the family system
3. List 3 or more specific strategies for building caregiver resilience