Improve Your Families Health: Take a Fast Food Vacation
Improve Your Families Health: Take a Fast Food Vacation You and your family may be spending more time together since summer has arrived. If you are not careful, the extra-curricular...
Parenting
7 Sensory Games Dads Can Play With Their Children
7 Sensory Games Dads Can Play With Their Children Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) my daughter, Jaimie, and my son, Xander both live with this disorder. They each have specific needs...
My Relaxing Escape
My Relaxing Escape I know that as a special needs mother, taking time for myself sometimes seems impossible. But, I found an easy way to feel like I’ve escaped to...
Sharing “I CAN!” Attitudes Jaeden, Matthew, Kayla
Proud of Himself! My son, Jaeden, is 4 years old and has Cerebral Palsy and FASD. He was in his first “play” this past weekend! He was so proud of...
Tiny Light Niko
Niko Meet our first teenaged Tiny Light, Niko. Though confined to a wheelchair, Niko gets to do a lot of the same things as his brother. He loves skiing and...
Will Parenting Like the Tiger Mother Improve Your Special Needs Child’s Academic Performance?
Tiger Mother The Tiger Mother craze is sweeping America. Most people have heard about Amy Chua, who authored a controversial book entitled “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.” The book...
The Data Dilemma – It’s a Love-HateThing
The Data Dilemma – It’s a Love-HateThing I am not a Behavior Analyst. I only play one in real life. You see, as a parent of a child with special...
Autism and Ability Success in Anything Doesn’t Just Happen
Autism and Ability Success For children with autism, learning new skills is often made more difficult because of sensory processing issues. There may be too much noise in the next...
Relationship Rescue: Help! My Family Leaves My Special Needs Daughter out of Invites
Help! My Family Leaves My Special Needs Daughter out of Invites Question: My issue is how most of my family will leave my special needs daughter out from invites. My...
What would Mary Poppins Do?
What would Mary Poppins Do? I want to be more like Mary Poppins. Instead of screeching at my children, like the Wicked Witch of the West, to clean up yet...
