Therapy sessions: The immediate family members of persons living with special needs require psychological interventions to address their mental health needs that emerge while giving care under stressful and challenging times.
Caregiver training: persons living with special needs require special attention while meeting their needs and this requires knowledge and understanding that is not available to everyone. Without these skills it can be frustrating to the caregivers hence the need to be equipped with the right skills to be adequate and effective in caregiving.
Family and Community forums to address Stigma: We cannot over-emphasize the need to fight stigma regarding disability and individuals with special needs
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At the family level, most family structures break up, husbands leave their wives for they consider the child a curse, the woman bears the title and wears the shame as she struggles to take care of the child.
At the society level still looks at individuals with them as undesirable and so they are excluded from the social gatherings and events. This narrative has to be changed through advocating for and inviting members of the community to play a role in incorporating those with special needs in the social space. Families with individuals with special needs must be advocated for and given opportunities that enhance their wellbeing socially and economically.
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most African families especially those under the care of single mothers have meager incomes, the time spent taking care of the child with special needs leaves little or no time to do any other economic activity, in addition the monthly cost of care for the special need individuals is a lot for most poor families in Kenya. It is therefore prudent to empower the parents so as to elevate their economic status and improve care giving to those with special needs.
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