The presence of a child with special needs in the family involves significant time and resource demands. In addition, stress and conflict accompany the challenges of raising a child with special needs. It may turn into many things:
-Stress on families can occur at each stage of a child’s life.
-Each family member and their family relationships face challenges throughout the time period.
-Siblings may struggle with the feeling of embarrassment and are often jealous of the attention and care their siblings with autism get from their parents.
-Children with Autism require a calm environment and need the family to serve as influential caretakers.
-Strained family environments may lead the child to act out more and limit their ability to make developmental progress.
As much as parents need to be an emotional backbone for their child, parents require emotional support as well. Parents can open up about their feelings as well as learn new coping strategies. Psychologists conduct family counseling to help the family members vent out their emotions, helps them to cope with situations better, and provide a nurturing environment for their child.