Filing a Due Process Complaint
Complaint Parents who have children with special needs have options when they disagree or are in dispute with a decision of a local school district regarding the services their child...
Parenting
Achieving a Better Quality of Life through Person Centered Planning
Have you heard about Person-centered planning? During the times of deinstitutionalization in the 1970’s, a group of passionate advocates who supported people with disabilities started to consider quality of life....
Discovering Early Childhood Intervention Services (EIC)
Discovering Early Childhood Early childhood intervention (ECI) provides support and education for children from birth to three years of age with special needs who fall under the following categories: Developmental...
It’s “Time” to get Fit!
Telling time is one of the many concepts that young children eventually need to learn. With so many devices on the market, learning to use them can get confusing and...
How to Manage it All When You Are in the Sandwich Generation
Are You In The Sandwich Generation and Need Help Doing It All? [Click to Listen to Podcast] Are you a caregiver for a child with special needs and an aging...
Adaptive Skiing Makes Hitting the Slopes a Reality for Families!
Yes, your whole family can go skiing. Learn how adaptive skiing can make this an actual reality. https://youtu.be/ooLOFhsvNlk [Click to Listen to Podcast] Adaptive ski programs are there to make...
Research to Practice: Teaching Peers to Improve Conversation with Autistic Teens
Even in inclusive settings, high school can be a very lonely place for autistic teens or students with intellectual disability. Unlike struggling in an academic area where accommodations are typically...
Meet: Dr. Christopher Najarian
Dr. Christopher Najarian, a pediatric doctor at Akron Children’s Hospital “stopped by” Parenting Special Needs Live earlier this month to share his story and how adaptive sports programs impacted his...
Sports Adapted to Your Child’s Abilities
Did you know that there are over 8,000 different sports in this world? Yes, 8,000! There are physical sports, mind sports, board sports, equestrian sports, the list goes on. There...
3 Easy Ways to Find Reinforcers that will Motivate Our Children
Carina, a single mother, is struggling to get her two kids motivated to get up and ready for school. It’s a Monday, and they always struggle on Mondays. She told...
