Family Chat: Shelter-In Place
In this video families share what was the most challenging things for them during the stay-at-home orders. Tips and tools on how to thrive with sheltering place is provided. (May...
Chantai Snellgrove
Draw Out Understanding: How to Sketch or “Doodle” to Help Your Child Understand
Draw Out Understanding I’ve been using little “doodles” to help my daughter understand things throughout her life. I found that if I could create simple little doodles to help her...
Staying Calm While in the Chaos of the Storm
[Click to Listen to Podcast] Staying calm while in the chaos of the storm In today’s Purposeful Conversation, we’re talking with Dr. Paula Petry, about “staying calm while in the...
A Round-Up of Educational Free Subscriptions and more
As we all become homeschoolers during COVID-19, and figure out ways to help our children learn from home, we thought it would be super helpful for you if we pulled...
Dysgraphia: What It Is and What We Need to Know
[Click to Listen to Podcast] DYSGRAPHIA: What parents need to know In today’s Parenting Special Needs Podcast’s Purposeful Conversation, we’re talking with Cheri Dotterer. She is the author of Handwriting...
Three Tips for Highlighting and Color-Coding Your Child’s Draft IEP
We suggest that once parents have requested evaluations and draft IEPs before scheduled school meetings, they read through the documents and then highlight in various colors any questions they have...
Special Needs Child and Drowning in Paperwork? Here’s What Helps Us
Episode #36: Drowning in paperwork? Here’s what helps us [Click to Listen to Podcast] The Overwhelming Amount of Paperwork Required When You Have a Child with Special Needs In today’s...
Know This: Things That Can Make Life Easier
Here a list of a few things that might make your lives a little easier. Anything that can take a little stress out of our lives or our family’s lives...
Special Needs Parents: Stop Being so Hard on Yourself
[Click to Listen to Podcast] I learned a great life lesson the other day, and I wanted to pass it along to all of you. I was watching Oprah (not...
Parents of teenagers with special needs: Prep for college NOW…..3 tips
Inclusive College Options after High School start planning NOW! Unfortunately, in most instances, college advisors are not well-versed in all the programs available for young adults with special needs, leaving...