I am a parent of a child with special needs

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Hi all,

I am a parent of a child with special needs and a

speech/language pathologist in a private practice

working with infants, toddlers and preschoolers. I work

very closely with all my families and am extemely

sensitive to how I comment, make suggestions and

recommendations based on each family's coping skills at

the current time.........so with that said:

I have been using Omega 3 with my son for a while (he is

older-11 and has sensory integration difficulties) and

had some good success. When the ProEFA began getting

the attention of SLP's and developmental pediatricians I

began feeling it was something I should share with some

of the parents of children that I work with. Some of

the parents are still in denial or grieving their

child's disability and resistant or on overload to hear

about alternatives. I am trying to figure out how to

present, in a very layperson way, some information about

the ProEFA and how it might be beneficial in their

child's treatment. Would putting catalogs of Nordic

Natural on the magazine table do it? Do I discuss the

anectodal stories that I know about? Is their a simple

description that I should present verbally or written?

Some parents wouldn't even consider this without their

pediatrician's approval and many pediatricians just do

not have this research.

I'm sorry to go on for so long but I feel conflicted

making " medical " recommendations (even though it is a

food supplement)with specific families. Many of the

families that I do work with are easily approached...but

as I said I can empathize with the feeling of too many

recommendations!!!

Thanks-

I'd love to hear your input.