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Navigating a high-conflict divorce is overwhelming on its own — but when you're also raising a child with special needs? The legal, emotional, and logistical challenges multiply.
In this important conversation, Sybil sits down with Dr. Susan Bernstein, a Certified Divorce Coach and expert in high-conflict divorce involving children with special needs. Drawing from her experience as both a professional and a mother of a child with severe special needs, Susan shares critical insights, concrete strategies, and the systemic gaps families must prepare for.
Whether you're in the thick of a custody battle, advocating for services, or worried about long-term care and planning — this episode will offer clarity, hope, and tangible next steps.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why the divorce rate is significantly higher for parents of children with special needs
- How high-conflict personalities often resist diagnosis or care for their child — and what that means for legal decision-making
- The long-term financial, medical, and educational planning you must include in your parenting plan
- How to structure a tiered parenting plan with clear benchmarks and consequences
- The importance of documenting behaviors instead of using psychological labels in court
- Why many parents of special needs kids don’t get the relief of a countdown to 18 — and what long-term advocacy really looks like
- The surprising “silver lining” of divorce when it comes to planning for a child’s lifelong care
Connect w Dr. Susan:
G: https://www.instagram.com/divorcecoach__plus/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/SusanKBernsteincdc
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-susan-bernstein-new-york-s-premier-divorce-coach-5aa32510/
https://www.divorcecoachplus.com/
https://divorcewithspecialneedschildren.com/
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