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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
When you have a child(ren) with a disability label, it seems far too often the focus is on the label, not the child. Create an introduction portfolio that tells your child’s story about who they are. And read it at every Admission, Review and Dismissal (ARD) meeting. Here’s how.
Categories: Education & Schools
After my daughter passed away, I also lost my own identity and purpose in life. How do you go forward from there?
Categories: Family Support
To advocate for our children, we must be informed and active in the decision-making processes—from local to state to national concerns. There are tools to assist in finding helpful resources.
Categories: Family Support
The trauma some parents experience caring for a child with a chronic illness may lead to post-traumatic stress disorder.
Categories: Family Support
Being prepared for your child’s hospital admission can help everything go smoother and alleviate a good deal of stress for you and your family. Here is one family’s "Plan of Action."
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care
Distraction: Appointment anxiety’s greatest enemy
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care, Family Support
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the impact my son’s disability has on my older, neurotypical son.
Categories: Family Support
I am a mother of twin 11-year-old boys. One has autism and one does not—always making for an interesting dynamic. Here was our experience traveling internationally together.
Categories: Family Support
Parents have rights when it comes to special education disagreements. One of these rights is due process.
Categories: Family Support
By the time May rolls around, most parents are counting down the days to summer. But before the school year ends, make time to ask your child’s teacher these important questions about how to best support your child in the classroom.
Categories: Education & Schools