Should Children of Parents With Multiple Sclerosis Receive Counselling?

_**San Jose Care Resource Guide: How well do children of parents with multiple sclerosis cope with the issues?**_

_**_**San Jose Care Resource Guide:**_**_ _[This study from the U, of queensland in Australia][1] clearly shows that_

* _There is substantial distress (no surprise here)_
* _The children of this study consisted of twenty children (9–14 years) who had a parent with MS ._ _The intervention which consisted of a 6-day camp intervention_

**_The study concludes: "..children reported significant decreases in distress, stress appraisals, caregiving compulsion, and activity restrictions and increases in social support and knowledge of MS…"_**

**_Pretty good!_**

**_Note:_** _The National Parenting with Disability is a blog that should be of interest for many MS parents: [Click Here For link][2]_

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[1]: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6X03-4NY0MNW-2&_user=8325379&_coverDate=05%2F31%2F2007&_alid=1720818007&_rdoc=28&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_zone=rslt_list_item&_cdi=7203&_sort=r&_st=13&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=94972&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=8325379&md5=f4444fff6fd446f090dac590897f9804&searchtype=a
[2]: http://parenting-with-a-disability.blogspot.com/
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