Screen Addiction! Can You Reset Your Child’s Brain?
Screen Addiction Are your kids obsessed with screens? Are they constantly on Facebook or playing video and mobile games? Makes you wonder how much this digital era is affecting these...
May/June 2018
Seven Ways to Celebrate Being a Special Needs Parent
Seven Ways to Celebrate Being a Special Needs Parent As I browse the Mother’s and Father’s Day cards at my favorite gift store, I find myself laughing, smiling and feeling...
Facing the Challenges of Balancing Work and a Special Needs Child
Balancing Work and a Special Needs Child: Speaking to Your Employer about Your Child’s Needs Finding a job is not always easy, and it can be that much harder for...
Healthy Eating Options for Fueling Your Child
Healthy Eating Options “You’ve likely heard the old adage before: ‘You are what you eat!’ When I ask my students about their breakfast, I often hear responses like ‘A Pop...
Summer Internet Surfing Keeping Kids Safe Online
The internet makes it possible to travel anywhere in the world with a click of a mouse. One minute your child can be visiting an African Safari, the next a...
Eligibility How Is It Determined?
Eligibility As you sit at the IEP Table, the Team is discussing your child and the school says that your child needs to be evaluated and then the Team will...
Setting Children up for Success: Using Precorrection Effectively
Using Precorrection Effectively Imagine beginning a new and challenging position without a job description. Imagine going whitewater rafting without being told what was going to occur. How would you perform?...
“Mom & Me” 2018 Cover Winner: Kathy, Evan & Nikki (Horse)
Our cover features 17-year-old Evan Morgan Saunders and his mother Kathy Saunders. Evan was diagnosed with CP, Genetic Disorder, ID and Autism. He lives in Columbia MO with his Mom...
Super Dadvocate: Hogan Hilling Making a Difference!
Our Super Dadvocate Hogan Hilling! An Awakening Moment With My Disabled Child, Wesley When people discover that one of my three boys, Wesley, is a child with a disability, the...
Digital Safety: An Ongoing Conversation
Digital Safety We are parents just like you, who are concerned with the content that our children consume digitally. We, too, struggle with how best to allow our kids to...
