Family Chat: Navigating Across the Lifespan
Learn ways to prepare, respond, and support our families through life’s transitions through our own challenges and successes. (Aug 2021)
Video: https://youtu.be/6wdVE5WeQHs
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Family Chat Resources Mentioned In Video:
Improving Transitions: When it’s Time to Change, You’ve Got to Rearrange, Meme Hieneman, John Hoch, & Tahra Cessna (Nov/Dec, 2014), pp. 24-27.
Downloads:
PSN Getting to Know My Child for Teachers
Letter to New Teacher about Your Special Needs Child
One page profiles- Helen Sanderson https://helensandersonassociates.com/…
Vanderbuilt Healthy Bodies – English and Spanish https://vkc.vumc.org/healthybodies/
https://vkc.vumc.org/topics/…
Teaching sexuality: https://www.parentcenterhub.org/sexed/
Sleepovers: https://cuttingedgepediatrictherapy.com
Helpful Articles
- Transition Planning {Tip 20 of 31}
- Navigating Transitions How I did it!
- Transition Planning Timeline (Checklist)
- Transitions Your Child Will Need to Handle
- Transition & Supported Employment Working for You
- Meaningful Summer Experiences to Aid Transition
- Transition: Shaping Our Views of Technology
- Apps for Supporting Independence: The Transition to Adulthood
- When Is the Right Time to Transition from Your Home to a Group Home?
- What Are Pre-Employment Skills and How Does My Child Get Them?
- Where to Go if Your Child Needs a Job or Help with Post High School Education
- Parenting Your Young Adult Through Their First Employment Experiences
- How Your Child’s Current Interests Can Help Them After High School Ends
This post originally appeared on our July/August 2021 Magazine