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Category: Teachable Moments

The initial investment in Education is a long-term game changer for everyone!

I read today another school is losing government funding for their special education programs because individuals in power are seeing the now and not the…

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Doug Sharpe January 11, 2024
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Failing to See What They See

He’s the child found dead-center in this photo, almost crouched down. A girl in a sky blue wheel chair sits to his left. Another girl…

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Additional Needs Guest Author July 31, 2020
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Wait it out!

As I write this message to you, I find that it both hurts my heart but it also warms my heart. When our children were…

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Marrylee Kandel October 9, 2018
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The Three Legged Stool

It usually starts like this… “I was given your name and your phone number by my doctor/family member/friend to ask for advice or recommendations for…

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Marrylee Kandel September 12, 2018
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It Takes A Village

Someone once said that it “takes a village” to raise a child. Nothing could be truer than this quote when you have a child with…

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Marrylee Kandel August 6, 2018
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The “Pearl” Necklace

When Hannah was three years old she was getting lots of intervention; speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, behavioral therapy, and she was…

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Marrylee Kandel July 10, 2018
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TEACHABLE MOMENTS: Summertime

Every year as spring approached, I started to get a little bit nervous thinking about what activities and therapies Hannah would/should have during the summer…

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Marrylee Kandel June 16, 2018
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Would you mind if I made this a teachable moment?

Yes, we have all had that moment when our child says or does something that we were completely unprepared for! As a mom who has…

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Doug Sharpe May 22, 2018
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