Can doula services help families with neurodiverse children?

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Dr. Gabrielle Manto, DC · Answer

Okay, can doula services help families with neurodiverse children? So great question. So a doula is a support person that gives physical support, emotional support, partner support, advocacy, and education throughout the entire perinatal period. So we will see a lot of birth and labor doulas, and then there are also postpartum doulas. So the point of a labor and birth doula is to assist both the mom during the birth and her partner. And then the postpartum doula's responsibility is to help and nurture during the postpartum period or the trimester four period. So doulas really help with the birth, perinatal, breastfeeding, postpartum, that space, not so much in the neurodiverse space. Now if your doula or postpartum doula has extra training in the neurodiverse field, they can definitely help with siblings who may be neurodiverse. But I would personally look at ABA therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists who are well known in this field. Doulas are more for the perinatal birth labor atmosphere, not so much in the neurodiverse field unless there is extra training that the doula can help you with with siblings. So can doula services help family with neurodiverse children? Again, depends on their training. But for the majority of the time, it's going to be around the postpartum perinatal birth labor field.

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