Healthy Eating Options for Fueling Your Child
Healthy Eating Options “You’ve likely heard the old adage before: ‘You are what you eat!’ When I ask my students about their breakfast, I often hear responses like ‘A Pop...
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Summer Internet Surfing Keeping Kids Safe Online
The internet makes it possible to travel anywhere in the world with a click of a mouse. One minute your child can be visiting an African Safari, the next a...
Eligibility How Is It Determined?
Eligibility As you sit at the IEP Table, the Team is discussing your child and the school says that your child needs to be evaluated and then the Team will...
Setting Children up for Success: Using Precorrection Effectively
Using Precorrection Effectively Imagine beginning a new and challenging position without a job description. Imagine going whitewater rafting without being told what was going to occur. How would you perform?...
How to Get Free From Unrealistic Expectations of Motherhood
In this episode, I’m joined by Jamie Sumner. Jamie is an author, blogger, and special needs mom. She has a son diagnosed with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and cerebral palsy and twins:...
Sex Education: Teaching the Most Vulnerable
Let’s talk about…SEX EDUCATION Why? Because there are a few things, parents of children with special needs need to know… because we also know our children are vulnerable. But they are...
Advocating: What you need to know to become a better Advocate
Advocating: What you need to know to become a better advocate Today, I am talking with you about becoming a good advocate starts with the ABC’s… and I remember it...
Seven Ways to Help Special Needs Parents During Autism Awareness Month
Raising a child with a disability, while managing work and family responsibilities is no easy task for even the most dedicated parent. Taking care of all facets of a special...
Why Siblings Are Too Important To Ignore
Celebrate Siblings Today, I am speaking with Don Meyer about siblings and why they are too IMPORTANT to ignore. Don Meyer is the director of the Sibling Support Project. He is probably best known...
Father’s Perspective: Raising a Child with Special Needs
Father’s Perspective: Raising a child with special needs How has raising a child with special needs changed your life? A father’s perspective In today’s podcast, I’m speaking with Tom Snellgrove, Chantai’s...
