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...
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The Sandwich Generation: How To Handle it All, and Then Some!
How To handle it All, and Then Some! You are a part of the “Sandwich Generation” if you are busy raising children and caring for elderly parents! The term also...
Real Mom’s Share: Lisa Lupi
Lisa Lupi We are happy to profile mom, Lisa Lupi. Lisa has a daughter and a 28-year-old son, JP, who is in a wheelchair. She is also living in a...
A Resolution for Parents in the New Year
As a behavior analyst, I sometimes have to have difficult conversations with parents. Generally, this involves “I feel” or “I think” statements. During these conversations, parents have reported the following...
Mom Makeover from the Inside Out (Part 2)
In case you missed part 1 of Mom Makeover from the Inside Out, start reading here. The gift of “me time ” for Mom When you hear the word makeover,...
Tech Tools for a Healthy Summer Reset
Healthy Reset Summertime is almost here! As parents and caregivers, we know that summer means less structured time for our children due to school breaks. This inevitably leads to more...
Mom Makeover: From the Inside Out
The Gift of “me time” for Mom We all know that raising, supporting and advocating for your child with special needs means sometimes we don’t recognize the person we are...
Wanted: Veterans of Adaptation
We’ve Got This! As parents of children with special needs, we have all experienced some degree of uncertainty and isolation in dealing with our child’s diagnosis. We had dreamed...
Why Teaching Self-Care Skills is Critical to Our Children’s Success
Mary is a 6-year-old child. Her mother and father, Betty and Tom, wait anxiously at a psychologist’s office. When called into the appointment room, they hear that Mary has been...
Tech Tips To Help You Refresh & Refocus in 2021
Refresh & Refocus Most of us have likely learned a lot more about ourselves, as well as our family members, over the course of 2020. How much self-care we need...