New Insights Learned From Being in Lockdown
Several insights gained after months of our family sheltering in place from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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...
Family Chat: Shelter-In Place
In this video families share what was the most challenging things for them during the stay-at-home orders. Tips and tools on how to thrive with sheltering place is provided. (May...
Why Is the Challenging Behavior Happening?
Challenging Behavior Happening? Many parents of children with intellectual, developmental, or medical disabilities seek support for their children’s ‘challenging behavior’, but what does challenging behavior actually mean? This can be...
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...
Reading Help! What Parents Need to Know to Help Their Special Needs Child Read
Reading Help Is there any bigger educational skill to develop than reading? Probably not. READING is everywhere in our lives and is required in most anything we want to learn...
How to Protect Your Mental Health During Coronavirus
Mental Health Strategies for Coping with Stress, Boredom, and Anxiety We are living in a unique and challenging time – navigating uncharted waters, the likes of which we have never...
Draw Out Understanding: How to Sketch or “Doodle” to Help Your Child Understand
Draw Out Understanding I’ve been using little “doodles” to help my daughter understand things throughout her life. I found that if I could create simple little doodles to help her...
Staying Calm While in the Chaos of the Storm
[Click to Listen to Podcast] Staying calm while in the chaos of the storm In today’s Purposeful Conversation, we’re talking with Dr. Paula Petry, about “staying calm while in the...
A Round-Up of Educational Free Subscriptions and more
As we all become homeschoolers during COVID-19, and figure out ways to help our children learn from home, we thought it would be super helpful for you if we pulled...
