Progress Monitoring: What You Need to Know to Help Your Child Succeed
Parents and schools have tools to help students learn and succeed. Progress monitoring is one of those tools. Even if a child has a disability, they can still learn and...
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The Journey Toward Our Values as Parents
Parents Values Over the years, we have written several articles on tips and tricks for supporting our children’s needs. We’ve written about elopement, grief, self-care skills, and visual supports. In...
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...
Tech Tools for Growing Up
Growing up is hard. You spend your childhood attending a structured educational setting for 12+ years and then suddenly you are expected to find a job and pay bills, not...
Small Steps to Help Your Loved One Progress
Help your loved one progress As families, we are always looking for the ‘big win,’ but they are hard to come by. And to feel like we are making progress,...
Summer Goals and Fun!
While summer represents a time for fun, it can also unearth challenges. Sometimes, togetherness is not always blissful, boredom can lead to destructive behaviors and a break from learning can...
Goals and Plans Are Not Enough!
As special needs parents, we focus on goals and plans, but they are not enough!!! I’ve learned a few things I like to share that may help you. [Click to...
Apps to Kick Off the New Year
Apps to kick off the New Year Although we hoped that many aspects of our lives would get back to pre-pandemic “normal” last year, many of us caring for children...
Celebrities with Disabilities that Turned their Dreams into Attainable Goals
Celebrities with disabilities There is no greater misconception than those surrounding physical and intellectual disabilities. The idea that those with disabilities are less than or that success cannot be attained...
See How Cody’s Parents Learned How to be His Greatest Advocate…
Cody’s parents learned how to be his greatest advocate… for his health, education and total well-being When Cody was a baby, a neurologist told me that the best thing I...