Chantai Snellgrove

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...

Proven Strategies for Supporting Your Child’s Behavior

Using Practiced Routines to Improve Behavior Today, I’m excited to be speaking with Dr. Meme Heineman about “Proven strategies to support your child’s behavior” she’s developed a program to help us (parents) implement...

Do You Set High Expectations for Your Child with Special Needs?

Setting high expectations for your child with special needs Today, I am talking with Reilly Pelkey, and she’s going to share with us about her son, Clayton, and about setting high expectations. [Click...

“Instruction Manual” for Your Child with Special Needs

[Listen to Podcast] Do you have a detailed “instruction manual” for your child with special needs? Or, do you have an “everything binder” with information about all-things-your-child? Today, we’re talking...

How Can Parents Prepare for an IEP Meeting? (Part 3)

Part 3: We’re talking now about, “After the IEP meeting, how can you stay on top of your child’s IEP and goals?” What if you don’t think your child’s IEP...

How Can Parents Prepare for an IEP Meeting? (Part 2)

Part 2: We’re talking about actually attending an IEP meeting; what types of questions to ask at the IEP meeting, and should you bring (or NOT bring) cookies to the IEP...

How Can Parents Prepare for an IEP Meeting? (Part 1)

Episode 1 What does being prepared mean or look like? [Listen to Podcast] If your child is part of the special education system, you know that at some point during the...

Setting and Achieving High Expectations

Setting and Achieving High Expectations Marta and Sophie are both young adults with similar abilities. When dining out with their families, however, this is what occurs: Upon entering the restaurant,...