Family Chat: Practical Tips For Puberty

“Puberty! Ready or not, it is our time to guide our children through. It’s a natural stage of development when many changes happen to our bodies, emotions, and behaviors. We recognize that youth with disabilities and their families may need a little extra support preparing and navigating puberty…so in this family-to-family chat we share stories and Practical Tips for Puberty! (Nov.2021)

Video: https://youtu.be/_0C_PkHdff0

Resources and Related Articles.

When Children Turn Into Cats: https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/ADAIR-LARA-When-Children-Turn-Into-Cats-2988639.php

Puberty and Hygiene:

How to Support Our Children: https://www.parentingspecialneeds.org/article/puberty-and-hygiene-how-to-support-our-children/

Personal Hygiene and autistic teenagers: https://raisingchildren.net.au/autism/health-wellbeing/toileting-hygiene/personal-hygiene-autistic-teens

Healthy Relationships Articles Series from PSN- written by Molly Dellinger-Wray and Parthy Dinora

• Fostering Healthy Relationships Part 1,
• Fostering Healthy Relationships Part 2: Establishing Boundaries for Healthy Touch
• Podcast: Have you established healthy boundaries for touch with your loved one with special needs?
• Fostering Healthy Relationships Part 3: Seven Tips for Empowering Kids for a Resilient Future
• Fostering Healthy Relationships Part 4: Talking to Kids about Relationships
• Fostering Healthy Relationships Part 5: What Do You Do if You Suspect Abuse?

Additional Resources:

-Help line CPS, APS
-Smart 911: https://www.smart911.com/
-Medic alert: https://www.medicalert.org/
–https://partnership.vcu.edu/

https://www.parentingspecialneeds.org/article/puberty-and-hygiene-how-to-support-our-children/

https://www.parentingspecialneeds.org/article/sex-education-teaching-the-most-vulnerable/

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This post originally appeared on our November/December 2021 Magazine