Meet: Dr. Christopher Najarian
Dr. Christopher Najarian, a pediatric doctor at Akron Children’s Hospital “stopped by” Parenting Special Needs Live earlier this month to share his story and how adaptive sports programs impacted his...
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3 Easy Ways to Find Reinforcers that will Motivate Our Children
Carina, a single mother, is struggling to get her two kids motivated to get up and ready for school. It’s a Monday, and they always struggle on Mondays. She told...
Hacky Sack Stick KickBall
Hacky Sack Stick KickBall Anyone interested in playing soccer but doesn’t seem to have the ability to perform the skills? You may want to try the game below. If you’re...
The Sandwich Generation: How To Handle it All, and Then Some!
How To handle it All, and Then Some! You are a part of the “Sandwich Generation” if you are busy raising children and caring for elderly parents! The term also...
3 Steps To Make Progress This Year
A new year brings renewed energy and the opportunity to create a new plan and goals with your loved one for the year. You may have done this in previous...
Family Live Chat: Including Us: Sharing Cultural Diversities
How you can help understanding grow when cultural differences are misunderstood? Have you ever had someone misunderstand your cultural differences? It can easily and innocently happen, but it is...
Asking Permission Empowers Youth
As the holidays approach, cameras will be snapping photos and social media will be blowing up with images of family gatherings, decorations, and cherubic children in their holiday outfits. Holiday...
Meet: Patricia E. Bailey
Childhood Educator & Interventionist For 45 years, Patricia Bailey worked as an early childhood educator, education assistant, professional storyteller, tutor, academic strategist, and interventionist. She taught language arts and literature...
Dr. Cherina Williams Therapist Approved Toy and Gift Ideas
Pediatric Speech and Language Pathologist Cherina received her undergraduate degree in Speech Communication at Clark Atlanta University in 2006. Upon completing her degree, she worked in academia before enrolling in...
Communication and Connecting are Gifts to be Celebrated!
Communication and Connecting We are happy to bring pediatric speech and language pathologist Cherina Williams and early childhood educator Patricia E. Bailey to shed some insight into fostering communication and...