Ask “Sandwich” Questions
Partnering with your child’s school is essential, and this great tip from ParentCompanion.org will help the school personnel feel like they are part of your child’s team. What is a...
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How to Improve Communication Using Strategies from Positive Behavior Support
Improving Communication Maddie has an 8-year-old daughter, Sara, diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and Intellectual Disability. Sara is generally a happy little girl, however sometimes she has trouble communicating and becomes...
Small Steps to Help Your Loved One Progress
Help your loved one progress As families, we are always looking for the ‘big win,’ but they are hard to come by. And to feel like we are making progress,...
Have you established healthy boundaries for touch with your loved one with special needs?
[Click to Listen to Podcast] FACT – Our children are the most vulnerable!!! What Can We Do to Help them? Have you set rules or establish healthy boundaries for touch...
How Calming Sensory Spaces Can Help, and How to Create One in a Corner?
[Click to Listen to Podcast] Did you know you could create a calming sensory space in a corner? WHO KNEW??? Well, Alex Lopiccolo from Sensory Digest, aka The King of...
Life Coaching? What is it and How Could it Help You?
[Click to Listen to Podcast] Life Coaching? Do you know what it is? Hey, Special Needs Moms… could life coaching help you meet your own needs? Could it provide...
Incontinence and How Medicaid Can Help, Plus 3 Secret Tips!
[Click to Listen to Podcast] What parents need to know about incontinence and how Medicaid can help, plus 3 secret tips! Today, on Parenting Special Needs Live, our guest is...
How to Create a Calming Closet: How we did it!
Calming Closet We asked Mr. Alex (as he is often called) to provide us with suggestions and ideas on how to makeover a storage closet into a calming closet for...
Sensory Spaces for You, Me, and SPD
Sensory Spaces Life gets busy and crazy for us all. So, we all know that we need to make time to take care of ourselves and create that “me” time....
Using Research to Guide Decision Making
Research As family members of someone with a disability, we are often torn when trying to decide what’s best for our kids. Thanks to the internet, there are answers to...