Hot New and Updated Apps for 2016
The New Year is a great time to update your child’s mobile device with some engaging, fun and highly-rated educational, pretend play and productivity apps. Nowadays, the sheer number of...
Transitions & Life
Starting Your Day off Right: Making the Most of Morning Routines
Starting Your Day off Right: Making the Most of Morning Routines We start each day with two simple words, “Good morning”, in the hopes of giving our children a positive...
Check it Out! Products You Can Use: Toying with Learning
Toying with Learning It’s that time of the year again! Kids are back in school. Backpacks are zipped, pencils are sharpened, but there is one more thing that needs to...
Reading and Writing Strategies for Struggling Students
Reading and Writing Help for Struggling Students Most of the students I have worked with seem to struggle the most with reading and writing skills. The struggle seems to overlap...
Transition Planning {Tip 20 of 31}
Importance of Transition Planning The importance of preparing your child for the time when they will be released from the school district cannot be stressed enough. This preparation is called...
Technology for Life
Technology For Life! Meet Nathan Mobile technology is helping Nathan, a Kindergartener with autism, meet his educational goals. Technology projects that require Nathan to not only write about his creations,...
Green Jobs, Green Money!
By Ernst VanBergeijk, Ph.D., M.S.W. Can the recycling of consumer electronics lead to jobs for people with disabilities? As a parent of a child with a disability, two of the...
The Power of the Piggy Bank | Important Life Skills Teaching About Money Management
In a society ridden with plastic, credit cards that is, it is so important that children begin to learn the value of money. Not to mention that there are some...
Brain-Building Fun: Inclusive Games for Families and Kids
Brain-Building Games These days, information about building our brains’ capacity and skills seems to be everywhere. “Change your brain, and you’ll change your life,” they say. Could it be true?...
A New School for Rebecca
A New School for Rebecca Walking out of Rebecca’s IEP meeting, Deanna was both overjoyed and filled with dread. Her daughter was being transferred to a new, inclusive, state-of-the art...
