DADVOCATES QUESTIONNAIRE
20 questions for 'A Dad A Day'
Have you heard of DADVOCATES?
Dadvocates is a network of dads that promotes the involvement of fathers in the lives of their children with disabilities. This program is intended to help provide father-to-father support throughout Florida. We can provide your group with specific workshop topics or you can just meet for:
- Father-to-Father Networking
- Community Outings
- Information and Resources
- Help with Personal Coping
- Sense of Unity
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
2. What is their diagnosis?
3. What has school been like for your child?
4. Are/Were they in the general education setting?
5. Think back to a major turning point in your life (as it relates to your child). What happened?
6. What’s the best and worst advice that you’ve ever been given? Behind the scenes:
7. In what ways do you find your day-to-day routines are different than those of mothers to neurotypical children?
8. How can medical care providers be more supportive of special needs parents?
9. Do you feel socially isolated and, if so, how do you relieve this feeling?
10. What should we tell our kids if they ask (loudly) about a child who may have special needs?
11. When special needs parent is having a hard time with their child, is there any way we can offer to help without sounding condescending?
12. What do you wish you could tell others, but don’t usually get the chance?
13. What is one thing your child has taught you?
14. What has been your proudest moment as a parent?
15. What is one piece of advice you would tell your younger-self (after you received your child's diagnosis)?
16. If you could change one thing about raising your child with disability, what would it be?
17. What are your favorite 'dad things' to do with your child?
18. Do you feel that social attitudes towards dads have changed for the better?
19. Do you have a dad self-care routine?
20. If you could sum up your life as a special needs dad in one word, what would it be?
Parent Support Network, PSN, Family Network on Disabilities
“Striving for complete integration and equality of people with disabilities in a society without barriers.”
Website: http://fndusa.org/
Phone: (800) 825-5736
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ParentSupportNetworkFL/