College: A Choice for Everyone!
Your Future’s So Bright!Begin preparing today for tomorrow FREE DOWNLOAD This 14 page download will show you that college and employment can be an option for your young adult. You...
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Tip to Grow Your Loved Ones’ Independence
[Click to Listen to Podcast] Eric Goll asked over 9,500 families, “What their #1 Strategy was for helping their loved one with a developmental disability gain more independence?” He received...
College: A Choice for Everyone
We do many things related to postsecondary education for students with intellectual disability (ID) – we conduct research into best practices, provide technical assistance for program development and improvement, create...
Life after School Ends
Life after School Ends tips to promote future employment How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December before it’s June. My goodness, how the...
Small Steps to Help Your Loved One Progress
Help your loved one progress As families, we are always looking for the ‘big win,’ but they are hard to come by. And to feel like we are making progress,...
Family Chat: Practical Tips For Puberty
“Puberty! Ready or not, it is our time to guide our children through. It’s a natural stage of development when many changes happen to our bodies, emotions, and behaviors. We...
Dealing with Grief and Darkness
Grief and Darkness Each day we live can bring us joy, laughter, relief, and love. It can also bring us sadness, pain, and loss. Although the good events in our...
How Your Child’s Current Interests Can Help Them After High School Ends
Can Help Them After High School Ends Summer is the time for fun in the sun, as they say, and as we have recently been talking about, it is also...
Transition: Shaping Our Views of Technology
The word “transition” has multiple meanings. In the world of special education, typically we think of transition as the process in which children with disabilities change or move from childhood...
Friends of Brian: Achieving Quality of Life Through GAP
Group Action Planning We aren’t nearly done! This inescapable fact confronted me as we approached the last of three Person-Centered Planning (PCP) meetings for my son, Brian, who was 16...
