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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
Parent input is critical for a child’s success. As a mom I became an active participant in my child’s ARD/IEP meeting. It made all the difference.
Categories: Education & Schools
Preparing for your child’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP) meeting is important. Here are a few suggestions to consider when preparing for your child’s Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD/IEP) meeting.
Categories: Education & Schools
Many parents have questions about what to do when they are presented with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) that they believe is not appropriate for their child.
Categories: Education & Schools
It’s hard to parent a child with a disability in the best of times. We all know the toll it can take on us physically, emotionally, financially. But one of the hardest hit places may be in our marriages.
Categories: Family Support
Libraries today offer so much more than books. Here are 5 benefits you may not have realized.
Categories: Family Support
Parks are a great place for children to run and play. This should be no different for children with disabilities. Thanks to accessible parks and playgrounds, it isn’t.
Categories: Family Support
I have 6 children. Among them, there are quite a few hidden disabilities: Type 1 diabetes, reactive attachment disorder, bipolar disorder, high-functioning autism, ADHD, anxiety, PTSD and depression.
Categories: Family Support
As parents, the work of assuring our child feels safe, secure, and valued at home, school, and in the community is challenging and full of risks. In Sandra Kaufmann’s book, she shares relatable ordeals and hard decisions their family had to make for their daughter with disabilities.
Categories: Family Support
I just knew something was not right with my newly adopted son. If I knew then what I know now, I would have listened more closely to my inner voice.
Categories: Family Support
As an adoptee and adopter, I have experienced the trauma associated with adoption firsthand.
Categories: Family Support