How to Plan a Safe and Fun Summer (Part 2)
How to Plan a Safe and Fun Summer – Part 2 In our latest issue, we brought you a plethora of ideas to create a safe and fun summer camp...
Advice
Teach Your Kids to Social Distance With the Help of a Lobster
Most summers, the night we do a lobster dinner (it’s a whole thing) and the next-day lobster rolls are a highlight. This year, lobsters will be important in our family—and...
Understanding the Emotional World of Children
How to connect with your child to a happy and fulfilling relationship Good news for you amazing parents out there: there might be a simple reason (and easy solution) to...
Their Tears and Fears. Masks and More: How to Really Help Your Child Thrive in the New Normal
How to help your child thrive in the new normal If anyone had told you last year to prepare for life as you know it to change to an almost...
Friends of Brian: Achieving Quality of Life Through GAP
Group Action Planning We aren’t nearly done! This inescapable fact confronted me as we approached the last of three Person-Centered Planning (PCP) meetings for my son, Brian, who was 16...
How to Plan a Safe and Fun Summer With COVID-19 Guidelines
Summer 2020 is upon us, and parents around the country are trying to figure out how to entertain their children with so many camps and day programs no longer available....
I Am The Ghost of Your Future
A Letter to Special Needs parents from the neurotypical sibling. No one likes to talk about what is going to happen when I am no longer here. Who is going...
New Insights learned from being in lockdown
Several insights gained after months of our family sheltering in place from the COVID-19 pandemic.
6 Ways Help Special Needs Families During The Pandemic
Author Deanna Picon Offers Six Ways For Families, Friends And The Public To Support Autism And Special Needs Families During The Coronavirus Pandemic Raising a child with a disability, while...
Coronavi…yesss!? Do You Find You’re Saying “Yes” More Often?
“Yes, Elizabeth, you can have some more cookies.” I said that exact statement yesterday and, in turn, received a look from her that said…Ok, that is not how this usually...
