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Navigate Life Texas: Resources for kids with disabilities and special needs
Navigate Life Texas: Resources for kids with disabilities and special needs
Holidays often bring family stresses and pressures. Understanding, patience, and flexibility can make things easier, but that does not always happen. Here is one mom’s story of the guilt a parent of a child with a disability can feel during the holidays.
I struggle with being me. I struggle with putting myself first. When you have kids, you tend to put your kids ahead of yourself. Their needs take priority. Your needs and wants go on the back burner. Sometimes your dreams become a distant memory.
Categories: Family Support
Our kids might look a bit different than yours – but they are still kids. Treat them like you do your own. Here’s some suggestions on how you can do that.
Categories: Family Support
We are all great at following doctor’s orders, making all the needed appointments, filling the medications, doing everything and then some for our kids. When the tables are turned, and we become the patient, things change.
Categories: Family Support
We all know the struggles of getting insurance to cover the standard treatments, but what happens when you chose something not standard? Here I share our adventures with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) – a very Nonstandard treatment option.
Categories: Diagnosis & Healthcare
Nathan’s family was taken by surprise about the changes that happen as he turned 18. Three areas of Nathan’s life were impacted by his 18th birthday - education, healthcare, and guardianship.
Categories: Transition to Adulthood
Here are some ideas for making the changes that come with the holiday season less stressful for your child.
Categories: Family Support
It is challenging to raise a child with no impulse control. Here are some techniques that helped our son.
Categories: Family Support
Every morning my son gets on the bus and is assisted by two wonderful people. They treat him with the utmost respect and love. Talking to him, making sure he’s taken care of, smiling and happy. But will they be like that when he’s older?
Categories: Family Support, Transition to Adulthood
Why do parents return to the Family to Family Network’s conference year after year? It’s all about learning best practices, finding new resources, and networking to help their kids find success.
Categories: Family Support