Check It Out! Products You Can Use: Learning Not Limited to Classrooms
Learning Not Limited to Classrooms As summer winds down, and the buzz in the air shifts from cicadas to grumbles about school, there are a few things to help get...
Sept/Oct 2013
Did You Know that Procedural Safeguards Notify Parents of Their Rights?
Did you know that Procedural Safeguards — Notify’s Parents of Their Rights. As the parent of a child who receives special education, you have certain rights that are guaranteed by...
School Success Tips from Parents & Professionals
School Success Tips 1} Schedule it out: The biggest tip I would recommend is to make a schedule and stick to it; whether it is for your morning routine, getting...
Sharing! Updates: Anti-Bullying Educational Initiative, Team Long Brothers, & Nationwide Healthy Kids Initiative
Office Depot Foundation Launches Anti-Bullying Educational Initiative Office Depot, Inc., announced the next phase of its multi-faceted anti-bullying partnership with music supergroup One Direction – a new Office Depot Foundation...
Back-to-School Organization
Back to school ads; they start early in the season and then slowly the school gear starts popping up in stores in June, but, come August, we are assaulted by...
2013 Cover Winner: Lindsay Hires
Lindsay Hires Meet Lindsay Hires, 10, who is photographed with her ESE Teacher Assistant, Rickey Smith Main. Lindsay has Down Syndrome and loves to play many sports like soccer, tennis,...
Mommy’s Timeout: Foster Falls
Take a time out and use visualization meditation to relax. Picture yourself here amongst the Fall Foliage. Hear the waterfall. Take a couple of deep breaths and begin to...
App Tools for Back to School Success
App Tools for Back to School Success As the school year gets under way, parents of children with special needs are overwhelmed with information, IEP goals, and transition challenges. Here...
Tiny Light Dillan
Tiny Light Dillan is a brave little four-year-old who has a fighting spirit. He loves to race, dance, and play with his cars and trains and laugh with his family....
Therapy Burn Out: Shifting Gears – When to Say When
I can still see myself sitting there with the other parents in the waiting room of the therapy provider. Each week we would gather to wait while our children were...