How Does a Patient Portal Benefit My Child?
Electronic Medical Records or Patient Portals, as they are often called, provide us with many benefits for accessing our medical files. Of course, as with anything, there will be pros...
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Empowering Your Child for Better Communication with Healthcare Providers
Few people make important healthcare decisions without talking it over with a trusted family member or a caring friend. But for someone with a disability, this partnership can often lead...
Child Nutrition Primer + Easy Nutrient Packed Snacks
There is no doubt that adequate nutrition for your child plays an important role for neurological, physical, behavioral, and social development. This is especially true for children with special needs....
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...
Mommy’s Timeout: Beautiful Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Take a Time Out Use visualization meditation to relax. Take a temporary timeout and view the beautiful Western Tiger Swallowtail butterfly. Take a couple of deep breaths and begin...
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...
Check It Out! This Month’s Special Finds
[Click to Listen to Podcast] CHECK THESE OUT! Michele hand-selected some interesting items to help you and your loved one! Click and see if you agree? We’re happy to know...
Mommy’s Timeout: Beautiful Winter Landscape
Take a Time Out Use visualization meditation to relax. Take a temporary timeout and view the beautiful winter landscape. Take a couple of deep breaths and begin to let...
Apps to Kick Off the New Year
Apps to kick off the New Year Although we hoped that many aspects of our lives would get back to pre-pandemic “normal” last year, many of us caring for children...