Exploring Special-Needs Planning

Helping families with special-needs children negotiate the confounding maze of circumstances they face daily and working with them and their advisors to develop life-care plans is the job of the special-needs planner. This is an exceptionally rewarding if not always easy practice area. If you're interested in helping to meet this growing demand but are trying to determine if working in this market is for you, the best place to start is with an honest self-assessment. If you think your personality is indeed suited to serving this market, then three pieces of advice will serve you well. First, get the right training and keep current. Second, build the right team. Third, become involved.