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<\/a>Date: Wednesday, February 8th<\/p>\n
Time: 6pm Pacific (9pm Eastern)<\/p>\n
Speaker: Dr. Robert Naseef<\/p>\n
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Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n Parents often wonder how raising a child with autism affects their other children. In this presentation, parents will explore their own sibling relationships in order to understand the impact of their child\u2019s special needs on his or her \u201ctypical\u201d brothers and sisters. Participants will learn strategies for meeting family members\u2019 needs while maintaining household unity and stability.<\/p>\n Bio:<\/strong><\/p>\n Robert Naseef is a psychologist in independent practice. Special Children, Challenged Parents: The Struggles and Rewards of Parenting a Child with a Disability, his first book, has received international recognition. He has lectured internationally and appeared on radio and television. He is the co-editor of Voices from the Spectrum: Parents, Grandparents, Siblings, People with Autism, and Professionals Share Their Wisdom (2006). Living Along the Autism Spectrum (2009) is a new DVD which features him along with Stephen Shore and Dan Gottlieb. Date: Wednesday, February 8th Time: 6pm Pacific (9pm Eastern) Speaker: Dr. Robert Naseef Description: Parents often wonder how raising a child with autism affects their other children. In this presentation, parents will explore their own sibling relationships in order to understand the impact of their child\u2019s special needs on his or her \u201ctypical\u201d brothers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1268"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1271,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268\/revisions\/1271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsfightingautism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n
\nDr. Naseef’s specialty is working with families of children with autism and other special needs. He has published many articles in scholarly journals and other publications. He has “a foot in each world” as the father of an adult child with autism. He has a special interest and expertise in the psychology of men and fatherhood. Through his experiences as a parent and as a professional, Robert is relates to both audiences and is a sought after speaker around the country.
\nRabbi Harold Kushner, the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, endorsed Special Children, Challenged Parents.\u00a0\u00a0 In Rabbi Kushner’s words, “Writing with the wisdom of a mental health professional and the compassion of a loving father, Dr. Naseef has given us a book that will instruct and inspire us all.”
\nIn 2008, Robert Naseef was honored by Variety, the Children’s Charity for his outstanding contributions over the past 20 years to the autism community. You can visit him on the web at\u00a0 www.alternativechoices.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"