Bridging the Gap
Bridging the Gap: How Parents and Educators Can Collaborate Using Thoughtful Questions for Better Outcomes Today, I sat in an IEP meeting to discuss a…
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Vagus Nerve: De-Stressing Children and Adults Alike
As a practitioner and as a parent of an additional needs child, my personal life experiences affect my professional and vice versa. One most enlightening…
It is easy to assume that someone else’s life is easier.
I feel this needs to be said for myself or for those of us who struggle. It is easy to assume that someone else’s life…
Things I’ve learned from having an additional needs child that would benefit anyone article 2
Today was like any other day, our son walked into our room after waking and announced, “school is closed right now! “It is a familiar…
Things I’ve Learned from having an Additional Needs Child that Would Benefit Anyone Article 1
There are so many things I’ve learned on this journey of having a child with additional needs, specifically, Down syndrome. These things I have learned,…
No pressure! How Using a Waterpik helped Reduce Our Family’s Stress.
Additional needs parent or not, parenting has its joys and challenges. Sometimes brushing teeth is one of those challenges, because our kids just don’t want…
Growing Pains Are Not Just for Kids
Recently, I was meeting with another additional needs parent and we were catching up on each other’s lives. She was telling me about her life’s…
AHCA Wants to Cut ABA Therapy Reimbursements, This is How That Decision Will Impact You
Regulations and reimbursement is changing for those who are receiving Behavioral Analysis (otherwise known as ABA, Applied Behavioral Analysis). Please make your voice heard. Let…
Embrace the simple coincidences… Synchronicities
Embrace the simple coincidences… Synchronicities Remember when you were little and your parents would remind you to say please and thank you? That is exactly…
It’s all a matter of choice
It was just before Thanksgiving and I was picking up holiday supplies at the local home improvement store. My son was with me doing this…