IEP… I Do’s Building a Viable Home-School Relationship – It’s like a Marriage
My friend, Carmen, put it best: “Working to build a school relationship is a lot like a marriage. It takes work. You have to communicate. You will not always agree...
Cynthia Carr Falardeau
The Greatest Gift Of All Regaining Your Health & Your Groove
Regaining Your Health & Your Groove “I can’t raise him alone,” my husband said. I had just returned from the doctor. She had started me on high blood pressure medication....
Advocacy Tips for the Long Haul
Advocacy Tips for the Long Haul Recently I talked to my son’s first elementary school Principal. She marveled at the progress he had made from his first days in the...
Notes from a Warrior Mommy: Accepting the Truth – Incorporating a Progress Monitoring Plan
Accepting the Truth – Incorporating a Progress Monitoring Plan
Staycation Was the Ultimate Vacation
Ultimate Vacation The anticipation was incredible. I was delirious with excitement! The thought of a night alone with my husband was climatic. It had been six years since I was...
Ask Special Parents: Communication with Your Child’s Teacher
Communication with Your Child’s Teacher Have you established a method of communication with your child’s teacher via email or a weekly report? Does it describe the goals worked on, methods...
Avoiding Unmatched Expectations
The demise of any relationship is the result of unmatched expectations. The same is true for parent – school relationships. Too often I talk to parents of children with special...
The Scoop on Poop A Plan for Independence
The Scoop on Poop A Plan for Independence This too shall pass,” can be a term of annoyance. I am talking about poop. Yes, you can call it many other...
To Stim or Not to Stim? Is It an Option?
We all do it. We have funny little ways that we settle our nerves or process the world around us. For many, like my son, taking in information can send...
The Data Dilemma – It’s a Love-HateThing
The Data Dilemma – It’s a Love-HateThing I am not a Behavior Analyst. I only play one in real life. You see, as a parent of a child with special...
