Your Baby: Babies Know More Than You Think
All of us are born with undeveloped brains. We’ve got one hundred billion brain neurons at birth, but they aren’t connected to
Family Life
Advocating for Your Child
Good special education services are intensive and expensive. Resources are limited. If you have a child with special needs, you may wind up battling the school district for the services your child needs. To prevail, you need information, skills, and
Transition & Supported Employment Working for You
Transition is a term used to describe post high school education planning processes for students with special needs between the ages of 14 and 22. Specifically, it is used to help students move from school to work
Relationship Rescue: Are there Alternatives to Prescription Medications?
“Isn’t there something else I can do for my child besides having them take prescription medications?”
Where’s the RESPITE?
I don’t think there’s any anywhere…
This line runs through my head just about every weekend!
Traveling with our ASD child
Fifteen years ago, we adopted Matthew, our son with special needs from Russia. He was 3 at the time. I never imagined that I would learn so much in such a short period
Stress-Free Vacations with Special Needs Kids: Your Essential Guide
The excitement of going on a family vacation can be matched only by the stress parents experience as they prepare for the excursion. Parents of children with disabilities have special considerations to keep in mind
‘For Jason…A Mother’s Story’
I became a mom at the age of nineteen, to a beautiful, perfect little boy named Jason Matthew Burkhardt. My dream of becoming a mother was
“Real Life”… with “Momentrepreneur” Yvonne Pierre
As a “Momentrepreneur” and a Special Needs advocate, Yvonne shares about how she had to choose between avoiding pain and being a fully present mother to a Special Needs baby
Planning a Move: Mapping Your Strategy
Moving to a new location disrupts your life! For any family this can be a time of chaos. There is the adventure of newness, but also a maddening confusion. Everything and everyone is certainly somewhere, but where?
