E23
Parental Trauma: “Our child’s school has no idea how difficult, and even traumatic, this special education journey has been for our entire family”
From Special Education in Five Minutes · Hosted by David Poeschl
2026-07-29·317
Episode summary
In this episode of Special Education in Five Minutes: The parents of children with disabilities have an incredibly difficult job. Having a child with a disability is, in many cases, a traumatic experience. This program discusses the reasons.
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The parents of children with disabilities have an incredibly difficult job. Having a child with a disability is, in many cases, a traumatic experience. This program discusses the reasons. On the positive side, research has found that, in many cases, parent’s feelings can evolve from trauma based to being proud of their child and happy about who…