BOOKS
BECKMAN, PAULA J., ed. Strategies for Working with Families of Young Children with Disabilities. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing, 1996.
BLUEBOND-LANGNER, M. In the Shadow of Illness: Parents and Siblings of the Chronically Ill Child. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996.
BORCHERE, DEBRA. Fragile Secret. Unpublished manuscript. See www.fragilesecret.com.
BRUCE, ELIZABETH J. and CYNTHIA L. SCHULZ. Nonfinite Loss and Grief: A Psychoeducational Approach. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing, 2001.
CICIRELLI, VICTOR G. Sibling Relationships Across the Life Span. New York: Plenum Publishing, 1995.
DICK, HAROLD M., et al., eds. Dying and Disabled Children: Dealing with Loss and Grief. New York: Hayworth Press, 1988.
DUNST, CARL J., et al. Enabling and Empowering Families: Principles and Guidelines for Practice. Cambridge, Mass.: Brookline Books, 1988.
FEATHERSTONE, HELEN. A Difference in the Family: Living with a Disabled Child. New York: Basic Books, 1980.
HARRIS, SANDRA L., et al. Siblings of Children with Autism: A Guide for Families. Bethesda, Md.: Woodbine House, 1994.
JOHNSON, JULIE T. Hidden Victims/Hidden Healers: An Eight-Stage Healing Process for Families and Friends of the Mentally Ill. 2d ed. Edina, Minn.: PEMA Publishers Inc., 1994.
KLEIN, STANLEY D. and MAXWELL J. SCHLEIFER. It Isn’t Fair! Siblings of Children with Disabilities. Westport, Conn.: Bergin & Garvey, 1993.
KÜBLER-ROSS, ELISABETH. On Death and Dying. New York: Macmillan, 1969.
LOBATO, DEBRA J. Brothers, Sisters, and Special Needs: Information and Activities for Helping Young Siblings of Children with Chronic Illnesses and Developmental Disabilities. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing, 1990.
MCHUGH, MARY. Special Siblings: Growing Up with Someone with a Disability. New York: Hyperion Press, 1999.
MEYER, DONALD J., ed. Views from Our Shoes: Growing Up with a Brother or Sister with Special Needs. Bethesda, Md.: Woodbine House, 1997.
MEYER, DONALD J. and PATRICIA F. VADASY. Sibshops: Workshops for Brothers and Sisters of Children with Special Needs. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing, 1994.
MEYER, DONALD J. and PATRICIA F. VADASY. Living with a Brother or Sister with Special Needs: A Book for Sibs [sic]. 2d ed. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1996.
MOORMAN, MARGARET. My Sister’s Keeper: Learning to Cope with a Sibling’s Mental Illness. New York: W. W. Norton, 1992.
MORGAN, JOHN D. The Dying and Bereaved Teenager. Philadelphia: Charles Press, 1990.
POWELL, THOMAS H., et al. Brothers and Sisters: A Special Part of Exceptional Families. 2d ed. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing, 1993.
QUITTNER, A. L. and A. M. DIGIROLAMO. Family Adaptation to Childhood Disability and Illness. In Handbook of Pediatric Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 2, Disease, Injury & Illness, edited by R. T. Ammerman et al., 70–102. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1998.
RICHEY, DAVID DEAN and JOHN J. WHEELER. Inclusive Early Childhood Education: Merging Positive Behavioral Supports, Activity-Based Intervention, and Developmentally Appropriate Practices. New York: Delmar Thompson Learning, 2000.
SELIGMAN, MILTON and ROSALYN BENJAMIN DARLING. Ordinary Families, Special Children: A Systems Approach to Childhood Disability. New York: Guilford Press, 1997.
SIEGEL, BYRNA, et al. What About Me? Growing Up with a Developmentally Disabled Sibling. New York: Plenum Press, 1994.
SILVERMAN, PHYLLIS. Never Too Young to Know: Death in Children’s Lives. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
SIMONS, ROBIN. After the Tears: Parents Talk About Raising a Child with a Disability. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987.
SINGER, GEORGE H. and LAURIE E. POWERS. Families, Disability, and Empowerment: Active Coping Skills and Strategies for Family Interventions. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing, 1993.
STONEMAN, ZOLINDA and PHYLLIS P. BERMAN, eds. The Effects of Mental Retardation, Disability, and Illness on Sibling Relationships: Research Issues and Challenges. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing, 1993.
WOODWARD, JOAN. The Lone Twin: A Study in Bereavement and Loss. New York: Free Association Books, 1998.
INTERNET
The Sibling Support Project, also called simply the Sibling Project, is a national program (based in Seattle, Washington) dedicated to the interests of brothers and sisters of people with special health and developmental needs. It hosts Internet discussion groups for siblings and service providers.
www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/general/frc_sibl.htm
Family Village is a global community that integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities, for their families, and for service providers.
www.faculty.fairfield.edu/fleitas/teasetips.html
This site gives a range of strategies for dealing with teasing, especially in relation to a brother or sister with disabilities.