As parents, we never forget the day we learn about our child’s diagnosis. Here are some steps to take after hearing this news for the first time.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care
Learn some tips for talking to and about people with disabilities.
Categories: Family Support
Here are some practical ideas for increasing independence by sending a child on some simple “errands.”
Categories: Transition to Adulthood
No one knows your child as well as you do. So trust your gut and speak up!
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It’s OK to take time to care for yourself. Here’s how.
Categories: Family Support
If your child receives special education services, you have attended the ARD meeting. Here are some tips (from a mom) to help you have a productive meeting.
Categories: Education & Schools
It’s time to prepare your child to get ready to return to school. Here are some tips to get you started.
Categories: Education & Schools
For children on the autism spectrum, the Autism Supplement is an important part of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) paperwork. It lists 11 strategies that must be discussed at the Admission, Review and Dismissal/IEP (ARD/IEP) meeting.
Categories: Education & Schools
Siblings of kids with disabilities play a special role in society. Here are 5 important messages that you should share with the siblings of your child with a disability.
Categories: Family Support
Every child paves their own road to self-determination. What a child with deaf-blindness might do is very different from what a child with autism might do.
Categories: Family Support