Got Pumpkin Plates? How to Teach Social Distancing Using Pumpkin Plates
Social Distancing Using Pumpkin Plates As we live with the COVID virus, we’ve all been taking proper measures to be safe each time we leave our homes. One guideline that...
Education
Transition: How 2020 Is Shaping Our Views of Technology
The word “transition” has multiple meanings. In the world of special education, typically we think of transition as the process in which children with disabilities change or move from childhood...
Understanding the Emotional World of Children
How to connect with your child to a happy and fulfilling relationship Good news for you amazing parents out there: there might be a simple reason (and easy solution) to...
Friends of Brian: Achieving Quality of Life Through GAP
Group Action Planning We aren’t nearly done! This inescapable fact confronted me as we approached the last of three Person-Centered Planning (PCP) meetings for my son, Brian, who was 16...
Practical Tools for Learning Anywhere
Practical Tools As we have covered in previous back to school articles, for students with special needs, transitioning back into a school routine can be challenging. At the time of...
Reading Help! What Parents Need to Know to Help Their Special Needs Child Read
Reading Help Is there any bigger educational skill to develop than reading? Probably not. READING is everywhere in our lives and is required in most anything we want to learn...
Staying at Home Tech Tips to Help Throughout Your Day
Staying at Home During this unprecedented time of facing a worldwide pandemic, many of us are suddenly working from home and navigating the challenge of schools, therapy clinics, recreational and...
Draw Out Understanding: How to Sketch or “Doodle” to Help Your Child Understand
Draw Out Understanding I’ve been using little “doodles” to help my daughter understand things throughout her life. I found that if I could create simple little doodles to help her...
Requests Prior to IEP Meetings: Eval Reports and Draft IEPs
Request Eval Reports and Draft IEPs As you are getting ready for your upcoming eligibility or IEP meeting, have you requested a copy of the evaluation reports or a draft...
Think Camp Yes, You Can Send Your Child to Camp
Think Camp As I began to write this article, I thought back to my own experience years ago. For quite some time, I had hesitated to send my child away...
