New Insights Learned From Being in Lockdown
Several insights gained after months of our family sheltering in place from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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PBS Kids Focus Is on Content Accessibility for All
PBS KIDS is working to make it’s content accessible for all children. Did you know there are nearly 2,000,000 US children under the age of five with a disability? How...
6 Ways Help Special Needs Families During The Pandemic
Author Deanna Picon Offers Six Ways For Families, Friends And The Public To Support Autism And Special Needs Families During The Coronavirus Pandemic Raising a child with a disability, while...
Staying Calm While in the Chaos of the Storm
[Click to Listen to Podcast] Staying calm while in the chaos of the storm In today’s Purposeful Conversation, we’re talking with Dr. Paula Petry, about “staying calm while in the...
Life-Changing Apps for People with Disabilities
What makes an app life-changing? We often have these aha moments at BridgingApps, as we hear from an excited father who just discovered the “perfect” calendar app to help his...
Health and Wellness
Health and Wellness A Red Panda. A Twenty foot tall ball of yarn. Both are specific, if uncommon visuals. Okay now… “Healthy living.” Whatcha got? A cornucopia filled with fruits...
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...
A Review…What Is Special Education
From Early Intervention to Special Education Services As I sat at our first IEP meeting transitioning from Early Intervention to Part B for our daughter who is legally blind,...
Monitoring Progress
Monitoring Progress This is the final installment of a six-article series on positive behavior support PBS. The previous articles focused on identifying goals and behaviors of concern, gathering information to...
Behavior-Using Your Plan: Ways To Create Lasting Change
Using Your Behavior Plan To Create Lasting Change This is the fifth article in a series describing the process of positive behavior support. In this article, we will share strategies...
