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The Special Needs Planning Guide: How to Prepare for Every Stage of Your Child's Life [With CDROM] Paperback - 2007

by John Nadworny; Cynthia Haddad


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Developed by two financial planning experts who also have family members with special needs, this one-of-a-kind book is an absolute must-have as parents and other caregivers plan for the lasting financial security of their families.

Transforming the financial planning presentations they (TM)ve given to families across the country into a thorough, easy-to-read resource, the well-known authors give parents a chronological guide for each stage from birth to adulthood. Parents will get comprehensive advice and strategies on how to address

  • financial factors--including mortgages and other expenses, insurance policies, investments, and savings
  • legal factors--such as conducting estate planning, weighing guardianship with less restrictive alternatives, and creating a Special Needs Trust to ensure a child's future
  • government factors--identifying and supplementing government benefits, such as residential services, supported employment, and respite care
  • family and support factors--such as the family (TM)s values, the parents (TM) careers, sibling considerations, and contributions of extended family members
  • emotional factors--such as dealing with both positive and negative feelings, staying connected with others, and using strong emotions to fuel advocacy

Included are all the tools families need to create an effective action plan for their finances: planning checklists and forms, a helpful glossary of financial terms, oeplanning pointers  that help readers remember key points, and extended case studies dramatizing other families (TM) evolving challenges and solutions. Plus, the CD-ROM in the back of the book contains a helpful Financial Planning Timeline and a printable Letter of Intent that lets parents communicate key information, concerns, and desires to future caretakers.

A book parents will use for the rest of their lives, this guide is also a necessary addition to the reference library of every service provider.

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  • Title The Special Needs Planning Guide: How to Prepare for Every Stage of Your Child's Life [With CDROM]
  • Author John Nadworny; Cynthia Haddad
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Pages 310
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Brookes Publishing Company, Baltimore
  • Date May 30, 2007
  • ISBN 9781557668028 / 1557668027
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.01 x 6.36 x 0.77 in (22.89 x 16.15 x 1.96 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Estate planning - United States, People with disabilities - Legal status,
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007000716
  • Dewey Decimal Code 332.024

About the author


As a parent and professional, John has served on the Governor's Commission on Mental Retardation for three terms. He is currently the chair of the subcommittee on transitioning to adult services. He helped draft the Qualified Disabilities Savings Program proposal that has recently been submitted to President George W. Bush by the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities. In his second term on the Governor's Commission, John was the co-chair of the subcommittee on developing an overall plan for private-public housing partnerships between families and the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation. He also served on the Family-to-Family Advisory Board. John is a past member of the Board of Directors of The Arc of East Middlesex.

John and his wife, Susan, received Distinguished Citizen Awards from The Arc of Massachusetts in 1995 and 1999. They are an active family in Massachusetts Families Organizing for Change. John completed the Ironman USA Triathlon in 1999 to raise funds to help endow the Family-to-Family project, which was established to address Massachusetts's waiting list for residential services.

John has earned a master of business administration from Babson College, a master of science from Bentley College, and a bachelor of science from Bridgewater State College. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and their children, Alexandria, Bennett, and James.

As a result of her own experience with an adult brother with special needs, Cynthia has dedicated her financial planning practice to helping other families address their unique financial planning needs. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors for The Arc of Massachusetts and serves on the subcommittee for the upcoming capital campaign. She was honored to co-chair, along with her husband Mark, the 50th anniversary gala celebration for The Arc of Massachusetts in September 2005.

She is a contributing author to A Special Needs Planning Guide for Families (Jewish Family & Children's Service, n.d.), a collaborative publication between colleagues to aid families with special needs in the planning process.

Cynthia has served on the Central Middlesex Area Advisory Board for the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation and was a member of the committee for residential quality control. She is past chair of the Family-to-Family steering committee and has served as an advisor to the MARC Trust, Inc. (currently Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of Massachusetts, Inc.).

Cynthia has earned a bachelor of arts in finance and economics from Simmons College in Boston. Cynthia lives in Massachusetts with her husband and their children, Anthony and Lydia.


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