STRUCTURING YOUR MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GEORGIA SHARED PARENTING PLAN TO BEST SERVE THE INTERESTS OF YOUR AUTISTIC CHILD

STRUCTURING YOUR MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GEORGIA SHARED PARENTING PLAN TO BEST SERVE THE INTERESTS OF YOUR AUTISTIC CHILD

One of the more problematic issues of drafting a shared parenting plan for an Autistic child involves the need to provide therapies and programs which exceed standard parenting responsibilities. Often finances are an issue. Unfortunately, sometimes the goal the Georgia divorce or legal separation is a desire to escape the responsibilities of special needs parenthood.

When negotiating shared parenting agreements between Columbus, Muscogee County,
Georgia or Hamilton , Harris County, Georgia divorcing parents of special needs Autistic children there are basic concepts that should be considered.
Columbus, Georgia legally separated parents and Hamilton, Georgia divorcing parents with an autistic child want to do everything they can in the midst of their domestic relations litigation to protect their child from that divorce or legal separation litigation.. A
Georgia parent’s effort to keep their child removed from litigation is likely to be a factor considered by the Muscogee County or Harris County or Chattahoochee County superior court judge in determining shared parental custody. Compassionately, they don’t want to place their children in circumstances that frighten them such as some social settings.. Nevertheless, setting the children up in a program or providing them with social activities can help them to learn how to manage their social anxieties.
First it’s necessary to be sure that there are therapy programs appropriately qualified to deal with the specific Autistic child’s social anxiety and functional capacities. Every Autistic child is different and functions at a different level with a wide range of variation. It’s also important to remember that the sooner the child is enrolled in a therapy program, the more a significant difference it can make in alleviating their social anxiety.
Visitation provisions in final orders should mandate a component for quality parenting time which would include playtime where they will be able to learn to make friends and how to interact with others. This play activity is very important to getting over their social anxiety. The activities should include something fun. For example, having children play an appropriate aged-level board game. This can help your child to learn how to interact with others.
Secondary caregivers, significant others and second family members need to be aware that many children with Autism have difficulty when it comes to understanding how another individual feels. This influences how they are able to interact with others. One way to help them with this is to use picture cards of characters with different facial expressions and posture. Once they understand how others may possibly feel by facial expressions and body language, they will more easily interact with others. This may not happen overnight. Don’t be discouraged.
There seem to be many things Columbus Georgia or Hamilton Georgia parents can work on with their Autistic children to help them manage the social anxieties they face. There seems to be no greater social anxiety than that of experiencing a second family or acclimating to a series of rotating significant others or momentary girlfriends. Most children with Autism simply lack the ability to react to change in a calm manner. The child, if given the opportunity to become social, may simply wander off to be by themselves.
It is generally believed that approximately sixty percent of second marriages end in divorce. It can be assumed that when Columbus, Georgia or Fort Benning, Georgia remarried parents are tasked with parenting special needs children the percentage of divorce is likely to be higher.
To be successful in helping the Autistic child, the most important thing that the shared parenting provisions of the final order can do is to create an atmosphere where both parents can provide quality care, recognize the need for all caregivers to have the necessary education, competency level and concern and provide safe stable and emotionally comfortable environment under all the prevailing special needs circumstances. The custody order can restrict forcing social activities on Autistic children however, it should make sure that both parents have the opportunity to enjoy and experience such social activities with the child as the functional level of the child will tolerate. The same is true for his/her social activities with the secondary families and significant others. Whether it is sitting down to dinner with the family or going over to a friends house to play, having a care giver who understands the child’s special needs is essential to ensure the child is as comfortable as possible.
When Columbus, Georgia or Fort Benning, Georgia special needs parents co-parent autistic children successfully they create a unified front and coordinate a plan which involves a joint approach to meticulously explain to the child the step by step events of the child’s structured environment i.e., what is going to happen and where they are going. Surprises, while exciting for the Columbus or Hamilton, Georgia parents of mainstream children, are inappropriate for their Autistic children and should not be shoved upon them.
The Muscogee County, Georgia family lawyers and Harris County, Georgia divorce attorneys at Brawer, Hirsch and Associates, P.A. (www.brawerhirschlaw.com) draft into most of their suggested final orders plans for their Columbus or Fort Benning parents of special needs children to have a “face to face” monthly meeting to address the issues of parenting. The more productive and cooperative the parents are in creating a compatible unified front the better they can serve the serve the interests of their special needs Autistic child.
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Brawer, Hirsch and Associates.a multi state law firm licensed to practice in Georgia, Alabama and Florida has been representing the legal needs of divorcing parents of special needs children for almost 40 years. All attorneys are certified Florida Family court mediators and David L. Hirsch is a Florida Circuit Court Arbitrator. Marc Brawer (retired), was a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, was Board Certified in Family Law and the firm is listed as one of the top 50 Florida Family Law firms per Superlawyers Magazine for 2010. Call today to have your special needs divorce issues addressed 706 324-4444 or 24/7 or toll free. at 877-895-7572.