Tech Tips to Help Prepare Your Child for Life After High School
After High School Apps As parents, we spend more than a little time worrying about our children’s futures, and if your child is anywhere between the ages of 10 and...
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College is Now an Option for All: Preparing and Expanding Opportunities for Students with ID Go to College!
If the start of the school year 2021-22 is any indication, the opportunities for students with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) to attend college is going to continue to expand. Currently, there...
Fostering Healthy Relationships Part 4: Talking to Kids about Relationships
Usually, when we hear the word “relationship,” we automatically think of a romantic partner. But, actually, we have relationships with everyone we know. Most of us were never taught about...
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...
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...
DIY Pampering: Discover the Best Ways to Pamper Yourself at Home
DIY Pampering It is not always possible to take time away to rejuvenate yourself, especially when raising children. For a parent of a child with special needs, private time can...
Summer Lessons Near and Far
Summer Lessons Near and Far MOVIE TIME Near: Lessons Children (and Adults) Can Learn from Movies Childhood movies do more than entertain us – they provide us with important life...
Fostering Healthy Relationships Part 2: Establishing Healthy Boundaries for Touch
Everyone has sensory feelings surrounding touch; some may love it, while others loathe it. Be sure to also check out our Parenting Special Needs video too!!! (scroll down) In the...
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,...
