Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights
Being active and healthy is important for anyone. It can be challenging for children of all ages, but especially those with special needs. According to a 2007 survey of parents of more than 90,000 American children, over 36 percent of kids ages 10 to 17 with special needs are overweight or obese compared to about [...]
[fbshare]I feel honored to have been chosen as an expert in the S-O-S blogging community. For my first guest post I wrote about five things I believe special education would want parents to know if we were able to freely communicate with them. A vast majority of my experience is working with children who have [...]
This is a wonderful original film written by a New York Times #1 best-selling children’s book author/illustrator, Peter H. Reynold, titled Above & Beyond . Reynolds promotes creativity and innovation in the classroom. This film was developed to demonstrate the power of the “4Cs” in the classroom: Communication; Collaboration; Critical thinking; and Creativity. Above and [...]
It can be a struggle for families with children with special needs to find a good religious fit–whether that is attending a church, a synagogue, or any other place of worship. Many religious organizations are becoming aware of the need to offer something for children with special needs and Kathy Labosh’s new book is helping [...]
This post was previously titled “S-O-S Best of the Best, Edition 5: $1,100 Giveaway Bonanza!” The giveaway has ended, but there are still many wonderful book (and product) reviews below. Please take a look! ~Danette In honor of Autism Awareness Month and in honor of ALL invisible special needs, such as ADHD, SPD, and mental [...]
Welcome to Best of the Best (BoB), Edition 3. The topic is school issues as they relate to invisible special needs. A total of 30 bloggers submitted posts this month. These bloggers have shared an incredible array of information addressing a multitude of school issues. Categorizing these posts was definitely a challenge. The posts have [...]
Stop and hear the music, stop and smell the roses, stop and feel the sunshine. I guess the point is to just stop! As a parent of a special needs child, it is so easy to get caught up in the day-to-day activities. Prior to preschool, there were appointments that consumed my daughter’s week. Speech [...]
[fbshare]Welcome to S-O-S Best of the Best (BoB), Edition 2. The topic is social and play skills. We have a total of 17 bloggers participating this month: 11 participated last month, and 6 are new to BoB. Of the 17 bloggers, 6 are official Best of the Best Bloggers!
[fbshare]The word “autopsy” refers to the dissection of a body after death to determine the cause or problem that contributed to the death. Dr. Rick Lavoie cleverly used this word and coined the term “Social Skill Autopsy.” He is a lecturer, author, and consultant with over thirty years of experience working at residential special education [...]
