Love is a Start:
The Real Challenges of Raising Children with Emotional Disorders
Is one parent's honest and riveting story of the struggles and successes of raising
two adopted children who suffered from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Author Donna Shifts
tells of her struggles to raise two brothers from preschool to preadolescence despite
the neurological and emotional damage they had suffered earlier in their lives.
An occupational therapist, Shifts used her knowledge and experience in a therapeutic
field to begin working with her adopted sons, always providing a loving commitment to
their healthy development. She described her parenting method as a "fine line between
being a tough-love parent and a supportive ally"
The book is available for $14.95 in
bookstores or from the Independent Publishers Group at (800) 888-4741.