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Parenting > Support Groups
Parent-to-Parent Matching Programs: A Better Kind of Support
...helping" can be wide. Parent-to-parent matching programs work differently. They don't ask you to walk into a room of strangers at varying stages of a journey you just started. They pair you one-to-one with a trained veteran parent whose child has the same or a similar diagnosis. That parent has navigated...
Parenting > Diagnosis
Dealing With The Diagnosis
3) "Telling Your Child. After a long and difficult journey, you've finally received a diagnosis for your child's tics. While it's a relief to finally have some answers, it can be daunting to think about how...
Social Engagement > Support Groups
We're Not Alone: Finding Community And Support
"It's Not Just You": The Reality Of Parenting An Autistic Child. It's not easy being the parent of an autistic child....and thrive is the best feeling in the world. You are not alone in this journey. There are millions of other parents out there who are going through the...
Parenting > Adulthood
Getting Out of Our Own Way — Making Independence possible for my child with special needs
...blocks for independence, for two main reasons; first many schools are not including it their programs and secondly, to help other parents on their journey to prepare their child for real life. BUT: I have also had the not so wonderful experience watching parents drop off their son or daughter at the...
Parenting > School Years
10 Tips for Parents of Gifted Students
...chances are, you sometimes feel desperate for advice on how to navigate this journey with your son or daughter. While your friends may look on with awe at your...following 10 tips helpful as you navigate the sometimes-murky waters of parenting your gifted child: 1. Have your child assessed. If you have not already...
Parenting > The Early Years
The Journey of the Parent with a Special Needs Child
I think it's time we acknowledge the internal emotional experience of a parent of a child with special needs. This is a journey, and there are times when you will feel traumatized or in disbelief with your experience, and times when you wish it would 'all go away.' As professionals,...
Parenting > Adulthood
Adopting the Special Needs Child
A couple shares their journey of adopting a special needs child from Hong Kong, embracing the challenges and joys along the way.
Health > Alternative Medicine
Aligning the Mis-aligned
...Understanding your Parenting Style and Aligning...ever so bumpy journey of parenthood...known as the co-parenting alliance. That...defining the co-parenting alliance — it's...calling it the parenting alliance, but...alliance, but the co-parenting alliance because...review the 4 parenting styles: authoritarian,...Authoritarian parenting — this is the...this is the parenting style that most...
Medical > Cardiology
A Comprehensive Review on Congenital Heart Defects and the Critical Care Demanded in Special Needs Individuals
...a vastly different and more complex narrative. Today, we dive into the journey of understanding congenital heart defects, from prevention pathways and...medicine has made huge strides in managing CHDs. Recent innovations include 3D printing technology to fabricate exact replicas of individuals' hearts for pre-surgery...
Special Needs > Spina Bifida
Latex Allergy in Spina Bifida: Why It Develops and How to Stay Safe
...enough. When you're managing spina bifida, you collect these moments: small, unglamorous tasks that nobody warned you about, that don't feel like "parenting" so much as inventory management. And yet here we are, learning which boxes to grab and which to leave on the shelf, because this matters. Latex allergy...
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.