Sibling Relationships

Siblings are an important part of a child’s family and Early Intervention (EI) is a family-centered program. This one-page tip sheet created by the Illinois Early Intervention Clearinghouse, available in English and Spanish, provides strategies that can help families include siblings in EI visits.

This website discusses how to prepare an older child for the arrival of a new brother or sister.

Adjusting to a new sibling can be made a little easier when parents consider the older child in the transition. This resource discusses steps that parents can take to help prepare a child for the arrival of a newborn.

This blog describes how having siblings shapes us and what you can do to build strong sibling bonds.

This article includes reasons that children fight and ways to help promote peace.

Siblings are essential members in a family and need support adjusting to a child’s disability or illness. This resource highlights signs of a child’s difficulty and provides suggestions for parents to support a child’s feelings about their sibling’s condition.

This fact sheet includes suggestions for parents on helping children learn to get along with brothers and sisters.

This website includes the reasons for sibling rivalry as well as tips and resources that parents can use to teach siblings how to work through their conflicts.