CommunicationUnder 18
Telling My Child About Their Diagnosis
A strengths-first script for the 'why am I different?' conversation
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My [Age]-year-old [Initials] was diagnosed with [Diagnosis]. This came up because: [Trigger Situation]. [Initials]'s strengths: [Their Strengths]. Help me: 1) write a strengths-first, age-appropriate script to explain the diagnosis β matter-of-fact and honest, not tragic, not sugar-coated, 2) prepare answers for the questions [Initials] will most likely ask next, 3) tell me what NOT to say (things well-meaning parents say that land badly), 4) describe 2β3 ways other families have framed it well (a difference in how brains work, a community they belong to) so I can pick what fits us, 5) show me how to make this an ongoing conversation over months β not one big scary talk.
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