|About La Salle||Academics||Admissions||Athletics||Community
Service||Library||News and Media| Recently, Dr. Zetick discussed
the challenges that parents raising a mentally challenged child
will face and what resources are available: "In my view, the
most useful and consistent source of support for parents caring
for a child with a disability has always been each other. From
the moment a diagnosis is made, I have seen parents rush to each
others' sides and stay there for a lifetime. I have always
admired those bonds that I have seen develop among parents and
guardians. "Of course, that is not the only support needed. I
would list the following: physicians and health care specialists
that will listen and respect the parents' input respite care,
where someone comes into the home or in some models, the child
goes to a facility, typically for less than 30 days, where the
parents can be assured that the child is well cared for and that
his/her special needs can be accommodated in-home nursing
services for children