A mother's experience parenting children with disabilities: overwhelmed but growing

This phenomenological study of parenting children with disabilities presents a mother's perspective and expehence after a pediatrician has referred her third child to a special education team. A special education team provided assessment and home intervention and the child made significant gains in development dunng the course of this study. The child had two older siblings with disabilities. Qualitative research methods were used over six months and include seven lengthy conversational interviews with the mother, and in-home observations. The mother's lived expehence provides educational and medical professionals insight into her expehence. The study's conclusions, implications, and recommendations are beneficial as professionals work to build best practices for future interventions with families of children with disabilities.