Sara Newman (UK) about disabled child development from a parent's point of viewfor international conference in Bishkek, 1-3 March 2011, Kyrgyzstan.

1. Sarah Newman
Small Steps Forward
From first diagnosis to writing a
book: one parent’s experience of
helping children with special needs

3. Diagnosis at 1

4. Learning to cope

5. Support from professionals

6. Advice and information

7. Hard Work

8. Writing Small Steps Forward

9. Why?

10. How?

11. Structure

12. Small Steps

13. Christopher’s Progress

15. SCARF
Supporting Special
Children and their
Relatives and Friends

16. The Children

17. The Activities

18. The parents and carers

19. Siblings and the
whole family

20. Thank you