It is important for parents to share information about how their child communicates when the child is nonverbal. They need to share how to interpret their child's wants and needs with other caregivers. Here are some ideas to help you share your knowledge and help others provide better care for your child.
Categories: Family Support
There are many opportunities for parents to provide natural occurring activities to help their children learn—and improve—their skills.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care, Family Support
Problem-solving skills can be taught. Here is a method that parents can use to teach this skill to their children of any age.
Categories: Family Support, Transition to Adulthood
Here’s an easy way to organize the never-ending paperwork that comes home with your child from school.
Categories: Education & Schools
Some parents hold their children back from independence and freedom, feeling that they are protecting them. The truth is that their children cannot grow if they are stuck in their parents’ comfort zones.
Categories: Transition to Adulthood
Children become adults and live lives of their own choosing. It’s the natural order of things. Parents of children with disabilities need to plan carefully but should be working toward this goal.
Categories: Transition to Adulthood
A mom wishes her friends wouldn’t see her husband as an especially loving father just because he spends time with his daughter. Much to this mom’s frustration, their daughter’s disability seems to evoke pity and feelings of heroism.
Categories: Family Support
Inclusion has its challenges. Here's one mom's story about how her daughter, who struggles with social situations and impulsivity, has a best friend who is patient with her.
Categories: Family Support
Life with a child who is nonverbal can be challenging. Here is one mother’s experience with her daughter who wasn’t feeling well.
Categories: Family Support
A child’s hospital stay is also their parent’s hospital stay. Here is a list of ideas and packing suggestions to make a hospital stay with your child easier.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care