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Family & Relationships Children With Special Needs

Your Child's Voice

A Caregiver's Guide to Advocating for Kids with Special Needs, Disabilities, or Others Who May Fall through the Cracks

by (author) Cynthia Lockrey

Publisher
Self-Counsel Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2018
Category
Children with Special Needs, Children's Health
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781770403048
    Publish Date
    Sep 2018
    List Price
    $17.95

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CA

About the author

Cynthia Lockrey’s professional experience includes being a newspaper editor, magazine writer, corporate trainer, conference speaker, patient advocate, university and college instructor, community engagement advisor as well as public relations expert with over 20 years of experience. Her resume includes winning a Canadian Community Newspaper Award, three IABC awards and accolades for her conference speaking as well as corporate training.She has been a newspaper editor, magazine writer, corporate trainer, conference speaker, patient advocate, university and college instructor, community engagement advisor as well as public relations expert with over 20 years of experience. She has won a Canadian Community Newspaper Award, three IABC awards and accolades for conference speaking as well as corporate training.After her son was born, following a difficult pregnancy and traumatic birth, she spent three years as a patient advocate, serving on the perinatal health committee at London Health Sciences Centre in Ontario. Through her work on this committee, she was able to provide a patient’s perspective on maternal health, labour and delivery and neonatal intensive care (NICU) at the hospital where she spent six weeks in antenatal and another two weeks in the NICU with her son. She continues to be an advocate to ensure he gets the support and treatment needed, which is an uphill struggle in a medical system that doesn’t recognize the unique needs of children, and the education system is challenged to support children with lesser known conditions.

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