Gifts and Giving: Four Moms Share How They Celebrate the Holidays
Four moms share how they celebrate the Holidays, what they look for when choosing gifts for their kids and tell us about their traditions in their home Tracy Felix We...
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Keep the Holidays Happy: The Do’s and Don’ts for Talking with Family and Friends
Keep the Holidays Happy: The Do’s and Don’ts for Talking with Family and Friends The holiday season is a time to spend with friends and family, but there’s a lot...
Improving Communication with your Child with Learning Disabilities
Effective communication is an important characteristic of strong, healthy families. Research identifies communication as an essential building block of strong marital, parent-child, and sibling relationships. Effective communication in general can...
Avoid the Halloween Candy Blues
Avoid the Halloween Candy Blues Are you one of the many parents who have to suffer through their children’s temper tantrums and moodiness in the days following Halloween? You may...
Fall into Healthy Routines with Technology
Fall into Healthy Routines with Technology As summer takes a back seat to fall, the pace of life changes and routines, by necessity, become more structured. We at BridgingApps are...
17 “Mom Approved” Gifts for Kids with Special Needs
I look for two key things when buying gifts for my son who has Cerebral Palsy. My main focus is finding something that he will successfully be able to use.
Why Family Time Matters!
Spending quality time together with family is arguably the key ingredient for fostering strong bonds and relationships between parents and children. Children experience love firsthand during a family get together...
The Family Factor of Five: Making Time for Fitness (and Actually Doing It)
Fitness Time The first half of my career was spent trying to convince people in the autism world that fitness is important for this population. With increased attention towards healthy...
EASTER FUN: Alternatives to Chocolate
EASTER FUN: Alternatives to Chocolate BJ is a big fan of an Easter egg hunt but he doesn’t eat chocolate. I, personally, find it shocking that any child of mine...
Balancing the Care of Siblings with Different Needs
Balancing the Care of Siblings with Different Needs Parenting is hard. Parenting a child with special needs is hard, too. Parenting multiple kids with different abilities is one of the...
