Parenting at the Intersections: Raising Neurodivergent Children of Color - Softcover

Akomolafe, Bayo; Ramesh, Jaya; Saaral, Priya

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1641608897 ISBN 13: 9781641608893

Publisher: Chicago Review Press, 2024

Synopsis

"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.
 

About this title

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1641608897
• ISBN 13: 9781641608893
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 350