Interest article re: special needs kids and insurance

[Sheila]

Treating Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Children and Adolescents
By Shanna Shulman, Henry Ireys, and Stephanie Peterson

http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/pdfs/qualitycareupdate3.pdf

An excerpt:

Chronic emotional and behavioral disorders take a toll on
family life as well. Compared with parents of children with
other chronic conditions, parents of children with emotional
or behavioral disorders say they spend more time
providing and coordinating care for their children, miss
more hours of work, and are more likely to stop working
because of their child’s condition (Figure 1).

 

[OTE]

Thanks.

 

[wakeupcall]

I don't doubt this at all....and it's amazing to see us all in "print". I think we are ALL suffering right along with our children and get very little help....at least without begging and pleading and praying.