Group Homes: can my experience help you?
How much can you do from the grave? In today’s podcast, I’m speaking with Louis Burman who has a son with multiple disabilities and requires full-time supervision. Four years ago,...
Category: Transitions & Life
What Are Pre-Employment Skills and How Does My Child Get Them?
The pre-employment skills are the basic building blocks of being a solid employee. They are the foundation or corner stone of job readiness. Without a solid foundation, the building...
Fun Food Apps to Encourage Healthy Eating
Fun Food Apps How many of us remember our parents telling us “Don’t play with your food!” as we were growing up? Well, the apps listed below encourage talking about...
How to Use Choices and Preferences to Improve Cooperation
Engaging Cooperation through Choice and Preference We’re going to begin this article by stating the obvious: “People perform better – and, in general, behave better – when they feel...
A PATH to the Future
What are your hopes and dreams for your child?
The Power of the Piggy Bank | Important Life Skills Teaching About Money Management
In a society ridden with plastic, credit cards that is, it is so important that children begin to learn the value of money. Not to mention that there are some...
Engaging Siblings to Build Social Skills: A Relative Solution to a Complex Problem
Play is a primary context for children to learn important skills and to interact, but it tends to be “messy”. Children with special needs often find playtime with friends to...
Did You Know? Each State Has a Parent Training and Information Center?
Did You Know? That Each State Has a Parent Training and Information Center and Has Local Training on Transition to Adulthood? Find Your Parent Center Families with a child who...
Hot off the Press! New and Retooled Apps for 2017!
New and Retooled Apps for 2017! We get excited around here by innovative and creative technologies that help children with disabilities develop, become more independent and succeed in life. Keeping...
Plan Early for Your Child’s Long-Term Security
Long-Term Security The vast majority of my clients who have children with special needs share the same goal: that they will outlive their children. The thought of leaving their loved...
