Okay, this is my final post on strategies used to deter parents and advocates. Today’s timely topic: Confusion I received an email today from a mother seemingly beside herself with confusion. She didn’t understand the technical differences between options offered to her by the school district regarding IEP’s and 504

I think all children have difficulty focusing and concentrating at one time or another, but for those children who struggle with this day in and day out, the implications can be far reaching. When children enter the school system, especially if in main-stream classes, the expectations can be quite great

Believe it or not the time to start preparing for your child’s annual review at school is now. If you haven’t been keeping records and documentation throughout this year then it is imperative you start collecting data and information now. Instead of providing a dissertation on the importance of record

It isn’t something I like to think about too much or I begin to feel sad, overwhelmed and anxious. Despite my hesitancy to linger in the realm of ‘what if’, I need to be realistic and understand that my son might not have an adult life simliar to mine. When

I was in the chat forum this morning and there was some great discussion going on related to socialization and peers. This couldn’t be more timely as this issue has presented itself a few times over our holiday vacation. One family gift this season was the game playing system called

If you’ve read any of my previous articles then you know how much I promote, use and enjoy products or services that accomplish many things, as opposed to only one. I’ve been writing a lot about working on specific skills at home, because I know two things: how beneficial it

There are obviously more then five skills we need to teach our children with special needs, but these lay the groundwork and begin to build advanced skills that will help our children throughout life. Many of these concepts are overlooked and subsequently fall to the wayside. There are invisible abilities

Let’s get real. While we appreciate and need the professionals that work with our children, a lot of teaching happens at home. After a typical day of life however, setting aside time to ‘teach’ seems unrealistic and near impossible; at least for me. When the weekend rolls around, I don’t