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Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Puberty and Autism: Supporting Your Child Through Physical and Emotional Changes
...children, it brings specific challenges that most parenting guides don't address. Research shows autistic...rely on masking behaviors to navigate social expectations. They memorize scripts, observe patterns, and...strategies break down. The social world moves faster, expectations become implicit rather than explicit, and the...
Parenting > General
What Every Special Needs Parent Should Know Before Walking Into an IEP Meeting
...and administrators at an IEP meeting, it can feel disorienting. Everyone else in the room seems fluent in the terminology, the process, and the expectations. You may feel like the least-informed person there, even though you know your child better than anyone. Your knowledge of your child is not secondary...
Special Needs > Down Syndrome
The Challenges Of Parenting A Child With Down Syndrome
...syndrome reach their full potential. parenting a child with Down syndrome can be...will also need to manage your own expectations and take care of your own wellbeing....own wellbeing. The Challenges Of Parenting A Child With Down Syndrome. Down...syndrome. Although the challenges of parenting a child with Down syndrome can be...
Parenting > School Years
Helping the Siblings of Children on the Spectrum
...to teach us the skills to foster the individuality of each of our children, whether they are on the autism spectrum or not. Double Check Your Expectations Many parents expect older siblings to care for their younger siblings. While this doesn't seem like such a concern in a family with neurotypical...
Lifestyle > Relationships
Protecting Marriage When Your Child Has ASD
...spectrum disorders reflect this attitude of lower expectations for their marriages. As one couple said, while...That is, when raising children with intensified parenting needs, we need to intentionally take care of...further, this can be done despite greater levels of parenting stress and extremely busy lives. There are great...
Health > Alternative Medicine
Aligning the Mis-aligned
...Understanding your Parenting Style and...as the co-parenting alliance....defining the co-parenting alliance —...household rules, expectations for behavior,...calling it the parenting alliance,...but the co-parenting alliance because...review the 4 parenting styles: authoritarian,...styles, and expectations for maturity...Authoritarian parenting — this is...this is the parenting style that...
Lifestyle > Independence
June Cleaver I am Not
...kindergartener trying to overcome a lisp. Those were the very shows that set my expectations for my own future as a parent. Instead, my parenting experience has...that set my expectations for my own future as a parent. Instead, my parenting experience has been more like some sort of anthropological documentary...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Sleep and Autism: Evidence-Based Help for Children Who Can't Fall Asleep or Stay Asleep
...children have chronic sleep problems, according to multiple studies tracking sleep patterns in children on the spectrum. The struggle you're in isn't a parenting failure. Sleep regulation is neurologically different for many autistic children, and the sensory and routine needs that shape their days shape their...
Parenting > Adulthood
How Job Coaches Help Young Adults with Disabilities Succeed in the Workplace
What job coaches do, how to access them through VR at no cost, and how job carving creates roles that fit your young adult's strengths.
Parenting > Adulthood
Housing Options for Adults with Disabilities: From Supported Living to Independence
The full housing continuum from group homes to independence, with a framework for assessing the right level of support for your child.
Therapies > Play
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT): What It Is and How It Helps Special Needs Families
...transitions, or melts down over seemingly minor changes. A friend mentions Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. You Google it. The phrase sounds vague, another parenting technique promising to fix behavior through "connection" and "communication." PCIT isn't that. It's a structured, evidence-based protocol where a...
Social Engagement > Support Groups
Finding Your People: A Complete Guide to Support Groups for Special Needs Families
...chronic health conditions. Some are condition-specific: autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy. Others are diagnosis-agnostic and focus on shared parenting challenges. Parent to Parent USA explicitly matches families by specific diagnosis, which matters when you're dealing with rare conditions and need...