Important Life Skills to Teach Your Child with Special Needs
Life Skills A parent is the first teacher a child will have. We may start out by trying to teach them how to say “mama” or “dada”, or to identify...
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Setting Children up for Success: Using Precorrection Effectively
Using Precorrection Effectively Imagine beginning a new and challenging position without a job description. Imagine going whitewater rafting without being told what was going to occur. How would you perform?...
Using Visual Strategies to Improve Behavior
Using Visual Strategies To Improve Behavior Children with special needs sometimes have difficulty remembering what is expected of them or deciphering cues from their social and physical environment. Frustration and...
How I Did It Evaluate and Select a Group Home
Is a Group Home The Answer? As I write this today, I am much closer to 70 than 60 and my son who has multiple disabilities is now 40. Until...
When Is the Right Time to Transition from Your Home to a Group Home?
Transitioning from Your Home to a Group Home and Independent Living for the Developmentally Disabled To gain some insight on transitioning from one’s own home to group home, we spoke...
Surviving the Holidays
The holiday season is often challenging for most of us
Be More “Present” in Your Parenting
Be More “Present” in Your Parenting Do you ever feel like you are not fully present for your child? Your mind is somewhere else…perhaps making a grocery list or replaying...
Supporting Teen Behavior and Loving Relationships
Supporting Teen Behavior and Loving Relationships What happened to my loving, cooperative child? Many parents of children with special needs find themselves frustrated when their tried-and true strategies stop working...
Strategies for Great IEP Meetings
I have attended countless IEP meetings and worn a variety of hats: mother, friend, advocate, and professional. Without a doubt, the most difficult were those IEP meetings for my (now...
Stress-Busting Strategies to Get You to Super Health
Stress is a universal phenomenon that affects all human beings in some way, shape or form. At some level, everyone is dealing with stress. It is the body’s natural response...