How to Support REAL Friendships with Your Child and Their Typical Classmates?

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Dr. Elizabeth Biggs is leading the research focused on promoting friendship between elementary school students with and without disabilities. 

Today Dr. Elizabeth Biggs, assistant professor of special education at Vanderbilt University. She shares key insights from her findings that could help our children with and without disabilities. She will be talking about what she calls “Affinity friendships,” the color overlay of friendships, and what parents, teachers, and schools can do to support these peer relationships.

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