IEP Tools at Your Fingertips
IEP Tools at your fingertips There is no question that getting ready for an IEP meeting can be a stressful and intimidating experience. The amount of information that parents must...
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Infant Games Grows Brains
Infant Games One of the fascinating facts about brain development is that as far as the brain is concerned, we are all born premature. Even though we are born with...
Real Moms Share: Julie Jones Rolling on with a Positive Attitude!
Julie Jones is a mother and blogger who contributed to this issue’s “Real Moms Share” section. We asked her to give us an insight into herself, as well as into...
2014 Cover Winner: Sebastian
Sebastian Meet Sebastian who attended a Miami Children’s Museum Sensory Saturday. Here he is discovering, and exploring, clay. One Saturday of every month, MCM hosts yoga, art, music and other...
Going Places: Improving Participation in Community Activities
Improving Participation in Community Activities Children with disabilities and their families often become somewhat socially isolated, picking and choosing the places they go, people they see, and things they do....
Developing Your Own Network
LISTEN TO AUDIO VERSION OF ARTICLE My advocacy began, like many other parents, before my son was born. I was diagnosed as a “high risk” pregnancy. My list of complications...
How Mom and I Grew in Self-Confidence Through My Summer Camp Experience
How Mom and I Grew in Self-Confidence Through My Summer Camp Experience Here are snippets of my mother’s published writings between 1956 and 1958 about how we both grew in...
Sharing “I CAN!” attitudes: Jordan Obrecht
Jordan Obrecht Living Life to the Fullest My son, Jordan, faces many challenges in life. He is blind, cognitive impaired, mild CP, and has epilepsy. In 2011, his teacher entered...
2014 Cover Winner: Cheyenne Emily
Meet Cheyenne Emily Tatiana Schaefer, 6, who has been diagnosed with ASD (Atreil Septal Defect: wherein a hole between the chambers of the heart causes recycled blood to keep flowing...
Help Your Elementary School Youngster Learn About Work
Talk to your youngster about occupational interests and the specific jobs and job titles which are associated with those interests. Explore together what it means to work. It’s never too...