Being a Role Model
Role Model Have you ever thought about how your daily habits influence your children? When it comes to eating, it is important that you are providing your children with a...
Nov/Dec 2010
Simple Yoga Exercises for Improved Development
When starting a yoga practice with your child, try the following poses. Cross the mid-line Crossing the mid-line enhances brain development. An example of this is to sit with...
Relationship Rescue: How Do I Get My Husband to Help More During the Holidays?
Question: The holidays are always stressful for me. I always feel like everything is on me: make the plans for the holiday season, figure out what to buy the kids,...
Being Happy and Healthy for the Holidays
Being Happy and Healthy for the Holidays The popular belief that most people gain 5-10 pounds between Thanksgiving Day and New Year’s Day has been debunked. A new study suggests...
Andi “Everyday Hero”
Andi Age: 21 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas Andi came to Moving Forward right after completing high school in her hometown where she attended a public school and participated in “regular”...
Fitness Equipment Worth Buying
Fitness Equipment Worth Buying Over nearly a decade of providing fitness programs for the autism and special needs populations, I have played around and tested a good abundance of different...
Wrapping Paper Game
Wrapping Paper Game Picture this: Everyone has opened their presents and played with their toys. The living room is strewn with wrapping paper and ribbons, you’ve already eaten, it’s too...
Proud Moments: Wyatt “Better than Hearing an Angel Sing”
Inspired by Wyatt December 27, 2009 Dear Editor, On December 25, 1864 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned the Christmas poem, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” the famous words...
GFCF Holiday Recipes and Hints on Eating Outside of the Home
GFCF Holiday Recipes The holiday season is upon us. Most of us enjoy this season, a time to be with friends and family, giving and receiving gifts and cards and...
Take Advantage of the Little Moments
Little Moments We time. Even uttering those words to myself in my head makes me chuckle a bit. Having a special needs child makes you reevaluate and redefine many things;...