Create, Cook, Talk: Chocolate Dipped Frozen Bananas
These tasty Chocolate-Dipped Frozen Bananas are an easy, fast, and fun treat, especially on those hot summer days when you want an excellent pick-me-up. Fun Facts Did you know?...
Special Needs
What Are Psychoeducational Evaluations and How Can Your Child Benefit from One?
Psychoeducational Evaluations Our inherent nature is always to want the best for our children – to see them making progress with each passing year. However, no matter how hard they...
Fostering Healthy Relationships Part 3: Seven Tips for Empowering Kids for a Resilient Future
Empowering Kids for a Resilient Future As parents and family members, we have felt more than once like we’d like to wrap our kids in bubble wrap to help them...
Fostering Healthy Relationships Part 2: Establishing Healthy Boundaries for Touch
Teaching children about personal boundaries is essential for building respectful, healthy relationships. This article offers practical tips for helping kids understand and establish appropriate boundaries for touch in everyday situations....
Wandering and Elopement: Risks Factors and Strategies
Challenging behavior goes hand-in-hand with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or a developmental disability. However, no behavior is more dangerous, or more concerning for parents of special needs,...
Medwaiver Program How the Waiver Can Help Your Child
Parents of special needs children today have many options available for help. One such option is the Medicaid Waiver Program. While not for everyone, and while it may differ from...
Fostering Healthy Relationships
You are only as happy as your least happy child. It’s a phrase we as parents are all too familiar with, as we suffer each of our children’s disappointments, sometimes...
Making Learning Fun: Teaching Pivotal Skills
Teaching Pivotal Skills Jordan is a four-year-old child with autism. He has a limited vocabulary and typically communicates his needs and wants by acting out, aggressively. This behavior has become...
Cody Breaking the Tape: How Disabilities Didn’t Stop Him in Life
Cody My name is Michelle Carroll-Piver, and my husband, Dale, and I have four children. My oldest is18 and serving in the US Army stationed at Fort Sam Houston in...
Help Motivate Your Kids With A Vision Board
Create a vision board with your kids A vision board — also called a dream board — is a collection of images which represent your goals and dreams for the...
