Back to School Tips for a Successful School Year Complete Guide
Optimize Reading Posture {Tip 1 of 31} Zipping made easy {Tip 2 of 31} R-E-L-A-X-A-T-I-O-N {Tip 3 of 31} Helping Kids Keep Healthy Teeth {Tip 4 of 31} Keeping Play...
Education
What You Need to Know If You Unenroll Your Child From Public School, Private Schools, Home Education & IEPs
What You Need to Know If You Unenroll Your Child From School Fifteen years ago, we chose to unenroll our daughter, Bryanna, from the private school she was attending and...
College Programs: Closer Than You Think
College Programs At a time when other parents of high school students are busy looking into college options for their students, some parents may worry what that means for their...
School Homework Hacks
SCHOOL HOMEWORK HACKS The gentle reminders of school are upon us in mid-July with school supplies in stores and back-to-school commercials on T.V. Those things serve as reminders that summer...
Summer Time: Pools, Sun, Fun, Relaxing and No School!
Summer Time All things that mark the beginning of a great season called summer. But the thing about summer is that without some focus on learning, most children will encounter...
When Conflict Arises What Steps Can You Take?
Conflict, according to Merriam Webster, is a competitive or opposing action of incompatibles: antagonistic state or action (as of divergent ideas, interests, or persons). I am sure some of us...
What is a TPSID?
What is a TPSID? Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with intellectual Disability, or TPSID, are model demonstration projects funded by the US Department of education. Through a Request for...
Persistence & Goal Setting in Children
Persistence & Goal Setting in Children When I ask students in my classroom to write down their personal goals for the school year, I often hear things like: “Get good...
A Review…What Is Special Education
From Early Intervention to Special Education Services As I sat at our first IEP meeting transitioning from Early Intervention to Part B for our daughter who is legally blind,...
Where Do I Go for Evaluations
Evaluations Your child has just been given a medical diagnosis of a disability…OR… you suspect your child has a disability but are not sure. Now what? Many of us parents...