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How Do You Create or Maintain Peace and Joy During the Holidays?

How Do You Create or Maintain Peace and Joy During the Holidays? Parenting Special Needs readers shared with us on Facebook how they create peace and joy in their lives...

BULLYING: A Real Threat to Your Child & Strategies for Preventing It from Happening

Bullying is a real issue that continues to expand and morph into many different forms, affecting today’s youth. The million-dollar question still remains, “What should be the focus to win...

Private Duty Nursing: What Is It? Why You Need It? And How to Get It

Private Duty Nursing I am a mom of a special needs child that is medically complex. For the ﬁrst 2 years of his life, my husband and I did everything...

How to Effectively Communicate on Your Child’s Behalf (Parent and Professional Tips)

How to Effectively Communicate on Your Child’s Behalf I am by no means an expert in this area; however, on the subject of effective communication with a child’s teacher, I...

The Dangers of Overscheduling Your Child!

Overscheduling Are today’s children being crammed with too many activities? Many parents strive for keeping their child’s schedule packed and live in constant fear that their child will become an...

10 Quick & Easy After School Snacks

My daughter eats lunch at school at 10:30 in the morning. Afternoon snacks are not given. She’s starving by the time she gets home from school

Real Moms Share: Deb Discenza

Deb Discenza shares about starting motherhood with a 10 week “Preemie”. Deb Discenza is an author who contributed to this issue’s “Real Moms Share” section. We asked her to give...

Quick Way to Begin Writing a Letter of Intent

Running Start: First Steps for Writing the Letter of Intent The letter of intent (LOI), though not a legal document, plays a central role in your child’s special needs plan,...

Interactive Technology May Be a Double-Edge Sword for Children

Today we see that technology has infiltrated the lives of children as young as infants. A recent survey on tablets and toddlers shows the number of kids using touchscreens has

Relative Remarks!

Question: How to keep the peace at family gatherings? Advice: Over the years, I have had families of special needs children bring up the topic of “ridiculous and insensitive things...