Important Life Skills to Teach Your Child with Special Needs
Life Skills A parent is the first teacher a child will have. We may start out by trying to teach them how to say “mama” or “dada”, or to identify...
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What Is the Purpose of Least Restrictive Environment?
Navigating the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) in the IEP Process As parents sit at the IEP table, the team comes to the part of the meeting where they discuss the...
Routine Is King For Getting Back In The Groove
Routine Getting back into the swing of things is never easy, but is essential for a healthy, well-balanced approach to having a great school year. It’s been a month or...
Hunter Syndrome a Mother’s Journey
Hunter Syndrome 3.95 million children were born in the US in 2016. For most of these children a cough, cold or runny nose is normal, but for 1 in 162...
Self-Advocating While on a Special Diet
Self-Advocating While on a Special Diet More and more restaurants are offering special diet foods on their menu. All you have to do is ask your buddies: Google, Alexa, Suri,...
Start Teaching Chores to your Kids For A Better Future!
[Click to Listen to Podcast] In today’s conversation, we will discuss delegating your to-do list to your kids. If we want to raise our kids to be thriving adults, we...
Peaceful Fruits: Paving The Way for Socially Good Partnerships
Making a Difference | Peaceful Fruits: Paving The Way for Socially Good Partnerships [Click to Listen to Podcast] In today’s conversation, I am speaking with Evan Delahanty, the Founder, and CEO of Peaceful Fruits, a socially good, snack startup...
How to Run the Special Needs Marathon with no Training
Lessons Learned | How to win the special needs marathon with no training Raising a child with special needs is very much like running a marathon. [Click to Listen to...
Special Education: The Pros and Cons of Public vs. Private School
Back-To-School | Special Education: The Pros and Cons of Public vs. Private School Parents and Professionals share their experiences and perspective on the pros and cons of Public School vs....
Family-School Collaboration Focusing on Quality of Life for All
Back-To-School | Family-School Collaboration focusing on the quality of life for all [Click to Listen to Podcast] In this episode, Meme Heineman, Ph.D in special education, and Kimberli Breen discuss...
