Miracle Babies What You Need to Know
Miracle Babies: From Scared Preemie Mom to Roaring Mama Bear Every time I hear a truck backup alert, or the French fryer alarm go off at a fast-food restaurant, I...
Early Years
Rock Your Next IEP: Tips for a Successful IEP Meeting
Tips for a Successful IEP Meeting If you are like me, you begin stressing weeks prior to your IEP meeting! Then the anxiety sets in – where is my child...
A Complete Guide on Dental Care for Children with Special Needs
Dental Care for Children with Special Needs Dental care is extremely important to someone’s overall health and well-being. It’s important for individuals to establish a good relationship with their dentist...
Early Intervention: First Steps in the Right Direction
Early intervention is a series of services that focus on the development of the infant and toddler – either with a disability or developmental delay. Through early intervention, a child...
Surgery Survival
“The Walker Family has endured 50+ surgeries as they have coped with a multi-congenital defect syndrome. Surgery is a part of their lives and as such, they have learned ways...
Ready, Set, Paint! Art Therapy at Home
Art therapy is one of those things that applies to all people at all ages and stages. It’s why we all tuned in to watch Bob Ross paint “happy little...
How to get free from unrealistic expectations of motherhood
In this episode, I’m joined by Jamie Sumner. Jamie is an author, blogger, and special needs mom. She has a son diagnosed with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and cerebral palsy and twins:...
Improving Behavior in Special Needs Children with Visual Strategies
Using Visual Strategies To Improve Behavior Children with special needs sometimes have difficulty remembering what is expected of them or deciphering cues from their social and physical environment. Frustration and...
“Instruction Manual” for Your Child with Special Needs
[Listen to Podcast] Do you have a detailed “instruction manual” for your child with special needs? Or, do you have an “everything binder” with information about all-things-your-child? Today, we’re talking...
Where Do I Go for Evaluations
Evaluations Your child has just been given a medical diagnosis of a disability…OR… you suspect your child has a disability but are not sure. Now what? Many of us parents...
