How the Lilies Grow: Considering the Needs of a Developmentally Disabled Child

By Barbara Munster

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0974428485
• ISBN13: 9780974428482
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Abiding Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A VALUABLE BOOK FOR EVERY PARENT

Whether or not a parent is raising a developmentally disabled child, this wonderful book contains the theme of helping children find their God-given purpose in life. The author also provides the formula for encouragement, empowerment, and a proven program for children. In addition, the poignant story about the author's disabled daughter Lori covers the issues of experiencing guilt, anger, exhaustion, despair, and eventual hope. The author's writing style and life is a superlative quest. She was featured on national TV and reviewed in 16 magazines including "People." The photographs and the lilies metaphor add realism to this true story.

The compelling story of Barbara's experiences in dealing with all of the guilt, anger, exhaustion, a

The daughter of social psychologist and mental retardation services advocate Barbara Munster suffered brain damage in a brief childhood illness. How The Lilies Grow: Considering The Needs Of A Developmentally Disabled Child is the compelling story of Barbara's experiences in dealing with all of the guilt, anger, exhaustion, and despair when dealing with the behavioral health-care system of the 1960s. This is also the inspiring story of her emerging vision of equipping communities by changing perspectives and practices nation wide in order to both give to, and receive from, disabled community members like her daughter. How The Lilies Grow is especially recommended reading for care-givers having to deal with developmental disabled within their own families and communities.