Divorce & the ADHD Autistic Anxious Child: creating a parenting plan for your child's unique needs by Merriam R. Sarcia LMFT

If your child has ADHD, Autism and/or Anxiety, there are important developmental issues to consider when crafting custody and parenting agreements for your new, two-household family. A typical parenting plan may at best ignore those considerations and at worst. cause harm. The author, a certified divorce mediator and psychotherapist specializing in neurodevelopment disorders, is a child of divorce with ADHD herself. She uses evidence-based data to bring your neurodivergent child's unique needs into the frame of the parenting plan creation. INSIDE • A concise, approachable explanation of ADHD, Autism and Anxiety for parents and family law professionals • Common challenges for parents of neurodivergent children during divorce • Worsening behavior post-divorce: what to look for and what to do about it • Information on attachment, temperament and your child's diagnosis • Questions to consider regarding goodness of fit and scheduling • Developmental stages and neurodivergent impacts on custody scheduling • Template parenting plan language with evidence-based information on how your child's diagnosis might impact each topic • Over 40 topics covered, and includes resources for divorce, ADHD, Autism and more. "An amazing resource for parents- and for those of us in the field of family law. I wish I'd had this for my clients years ago, as so many have children with special needs. While there are resources explaining legal considerations and special needs for divorce, before this book I'd struggled to find one single resource using a child development focus for creating parenting plans when the child has ADHD, autism or anxiety. This book is a must-have for anyone working in the field of family law. ~ LAURIE FRIED CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, MBA, MAFF®, CDFA® Lumina Financial Consultants "I. Love. This. Whole. Book. I am blown away by how incredibly helpful, savvy, well-written and brilliant this is. This is all so well explained, so sharply written. I especially loved the sections explaining ADHD and ASD. This book is going to help so many people!" ~ SALLY J. PLA Author of Read more