Fitness Fun: Incorporating Fitness into the Classroom
A recent study conducted at the University of Illinois linked cardio respiratory fitness in 48 children ages 9-10 with higher functioning in math tests. While this is a small sample...
Resources
What Special Education Teachers and Professionals Want You to Know
Special Education Teachers & School Professionals Teachers/School Professionals: what would you like to say to the parents of children with special education needs if you had the opportunity to speak...
Making a Difference: Karen Bowersox and Downs Designs
Karen Bowersox and Downs Designs If Necessity is the “Mother of Invention”, perhaps adversity can be the “Grandmother of Invention”, so to speak. In this case, adversity led to a...
Ask Angie ASL + Tips: Back to School
Ask Angie ASL As we begin to prepare for another school year, it is time to get our Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) child ready for their school day....
Technology for Life
Technology For Life! Meet Nathan Mobile technology is helping Nathan, a Kindergartener with autism, meet his educational goals. Technology projects that require Nathan to not only write about his creations,...
Special Diets: Food Allergies
You’re sending your child off to college in the fall, or perhaps, in the next year or two. If your child has food allergies or is on a special diet,...
Programming & Understanding of Essential Physical Needs
Motorvation! Ensuring Fitness as a Life Skill: Programming & Understanding of Essential Physical Needs If we can agree that fitness is an important aspect of optimal development for the autism,...
How Will We Eat? Summer Traveling Tips
Vacations are a wonderful time for families to bond, relax and enjoy! You will find many tips here to assist you if you (or your child) are on a special...
Coping with the Life You Never Imagined
As I look at my son I see a miracle. I see a little boy that has been defying all odds from the moment he was born. I see a...
Spilling the Beans About Your Child & Caffeine
Caffeine After consuming two 24-ounce Monster energy drinks, a 14-year-old Maryland girl went into cardiac arrest while at home. Six days later, the teenager died at the hospital and the...
