Your First IEP Meeting
Your First IEP Meeting Imagine This… You walk into a room and you see at least 7 other people already sitting at a table. You are nervous. You feel like...
Special Needs
Play I Notice Newness
Newness Game Let’s say you are on a path or a street that you have walked on many times before; a path to school, for example. Your child, however, is...
Is It PLEP Or PLOP? for Present Level of Performance
Is It PLEP Or PLOP? for Present Level of Performance I was lost, frustrated and overwhelmed with my younger daughter’s IEP (Individualized Education Plan)! I started calling agencies for help...
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...
Special Education & Disability Acronyms / Abbreviations {Tip 23 of 31}
Special Education has a language of its own As you participate in your child’s special education process, you may feel that everyone has started speaking in a foreign language...
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....
Sharing! Updates: Downs Designs Dreams Launches “Adopt-A-Jean Friday”
Downs Designs Dreams will donate a pair of Downs Designs® Jeans or NBZ® Jeans through this unique campaign. The company promotes independence and instills confidence by designing, developing and marketing...
2015 Cover Winner: Cecilia Rabe
Cecilia Rabe, 7, enjoying the sunshine. Her mother, Alicia Kae, of Topeka, Kansas, shared this adorable picture with us. Cecelia has been diagnosed with DiGeorge Syndrome, hypo-plastic left heart syndrome...
Developing Self-Advocacy Skills: 4 Ways You’re Already Doing It and 4 New Things You Can Try
It’s never too early to begin teaching self-advocacy skills and summer is the perfect time to start. As a parent advocate, you spend a lot of time supporting your child...
Sharing Updates! Morgan’s Wonderland Seeking to Honor Outstanding Benefactors
Each year, Morgan’s Wonderland shines the spotlight on five heroes who’ve been going above and beyond to befriend the special-needs community. These extraordinary individuals clearly exhibit qualities such as caring,...
