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...
Advice
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...
Surviving and Living with a Traumatic Brain Injury
March is Brain Injury Awareness Today, I am talking with Stephanie Kita, and she’s going to tell us about surviving from and living with a Traumatic Brain Injury. [Click to Listen to Podcast] Since March happens...
Group Homes: Can My Experience Help You?
How much can you do from the grave? In today’s podcast, I’m speaking with Louis Burman who has a son with multiple disabilities and requires full-time supervision. Four years ago, on the...
Vision Problems Parents Should Be on the Lookout For…
Vision Problems There are behaviors parents often attribute to other causes, such as being lazy or having ADD or Autism, but some of these behaviors may actually be signs of...
How to Help Your Child Manage Spring Fever
Daylight Savings time is around the corner. The days will be growing longer; the birds out your window will be louder and humming with energy…and so will your kids. It’s...
Staying Healthy Where And What Should We Eat?
Everyone loves food; we need food to survive. Our world is full of so many different places to buy foods: Farmer’s Markets, healthy grocery stores, health food stores, fast food,...
Health and Wellness
Health and Wellness A Red Panda. A Twenty foot tall ball of yarn. Both are specific, if uncommon visuals. Okay now… “Healthy living.” Whatcha got? A cornucopia filled with fruits...
Improving Behavior in Special Needs Children with Visual Strategies
Using Visual Strategies To Improve Behavior Children with special needs sometimes have difficulty remembering what is expected of them or deciphering cues from their social and physical environment. Frustration and...
