Parenting at the Intersections
Raising Neurodivergent Children of Color
Published on 16. January 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-64160-889-3 (ISBN)
Description
"This is an invaluable, nuanced, and deeply needed guide to parenting diverse children as we move, together, toward a future in which all brains and bodies are supported--and belong." --Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD "A necessary, engaging, educational, and eye-opening perspective, not often found, about parenting children of color with neurodivergence. It's also a powerful call to action to make parenting a form of disruption to oppressive systems and people."--Library Journal, Starred Review What if parenting were an act of social justice?
In this part story-telling, part self-inquiry book, authors and therapists Jaya Ramesh and Priya Saaral situate parenting children of color with neurodivergence within the context of various interlocking systems of oppression including settler colonialism, White supremacy, ableism, and capitalism.
These intersections engender isolation and loneliness. Using the voices of parents on the front lines and other experts, Parenting at the Intersections offer an invitation to parents to slow down and reflect on their own parenting journeys.
When parents can be given space to listen to their own voices, to connect with their children, and find community with others, they can find the most radical ways to disrupt systems of oppression.
In this part story-telling, part self-inquiry book, authors and therapists Jaya Ramesh and Priya Saaral situate parenting children of color with neurodivergence within the context of various interlocking systems of oppression including settler colonialism, White supremacy, ableism, and capitalism.
These intersections engender isolation and loneliness. Using the voices of parents on the front lines and other experts, Parenting at the Intersections offer an invitation to parents to slow down and reflect on their own parenting journeys.
When parents can be given space to listen to their own voices, to connect with their children, and find community with others, they can find the most radical ways to disrupt systems of oppression.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
564 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64160-889-3 (9781641608893)
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Additional editions
Jaya Ramesh | Priya Saaral | Bayo Akomolafe
Parenting at the Intersections
Raising Neurodivergent Children of Color
E-Book
01/2024
Chicago Review Press
€11.99
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Persons
Jaya Ramesh, MA LMHC, is a psychotherapist in private practice in the greater Seattle area, specializing in supporting BIPOC neurodivergent individuals and couples in having more authentic relationships. She also runs a DEI consultancy coaching leaders at organizations on creating anti-racist culture in the workplace. Priya Saaral, MSW, LICSW, RPT-S is a neurodivergent mama, a play therapist and a parenting coach in the Greater Seattle area, specializing in the emotional wellbeing of neurodivergent children and parents by helping them reconnect to their playful spirit amidst personal and structural adversity. Bayo Akomolafe is the author of These Wilds Beyond Our Fences, a professor currently at Pacifica Graduate Institute and University of Vermont, and the founder of the Emergence Network.