Why Family Time Matters!
Spending quality time together with family is arguably the key ingredient for fostering strong bonds and relationships between parents and children. Children experience love firsthand during a family get together...
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Super Dads Making A Difference Rick Hodges
Rick Hodges Every great idea needs a “flash of genius”….. the spark that starts it all. The Able Act (or rather what would become the Able Act) began as an...
The Family Factor of Five: Making Time for Fitness (and Actually Doing It)
Fitness Time The first half of my career was spent trying to convince people in the autism world that fitness is important for this population. With increased attention towards healthy...
Beyond the IEP Team: 6 Tips for Parent Participation at School
Parent Participation at School When you have a child with a disability, you’re often very involved with his education. You spend time on the phone with teachers, you’re an active...
Travel Tips: Making Fun Memories
Making Fun Memories Booking a vacation should be an exciting time for families, filled with anticipation of the fun times and memories that will be created. Often, when a family...
Mission Possible: Successful Family Vacations
Successful Family Vacations Vacations can be wonderful times, providing opportunities for family members to strengthen their relationships through shared experiences. Vacations can also be challenging times for families that include...
Avoid Overwhelm with These Essential Strategies
Avoid Overwhelm When my son, Tim, was one day old, I looked down at him in my arms and felt petrified. He was tiny and helpless. I wondered how I’d...
Puberty Tips for you and your Special Needs Daughter
Puberty! The word itself strikes fear in most parents as their child begins to make that transition into adulthood
Study: Empowering Parents Helps Kids with Autism Behave Better
A new study looked at parents of kids with Autism and found empowering those parents helps kids behave better. In fact, it works at the same rate as medications. (COLUMBUS, Ohio)...
Parent Solution: Flip Calendar Fidget Toy
Sharing from Sandra M. Parent Solution: Flip Calendar Fidget Toy I gave my daughter an old flip calendar. It has no pictures, but she loves the feeling of the pages....
