by Jolene | Nov 6, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Yellow Pages for Kids with Special Needs The yellow pages folks recently delivered an updated hard copy of our local publication. Its arrival was a good reminder to pass on an update to a special needs yellow pages post from July of 2010. Yellow Pages from...
by Jolene | Oct 11, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Legal documents to be prepared by parents when their kids with special needs turn 18 were the subject of guest blogger Kathy Guzzo’s series earlier this year. (Part 1: The Importance of Attorney and Medical Authorizations and Part 2: The Importance of Power of...
by Jolene | Sep 28, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Special needs financial planning is a topic most parents would like to ignore. But my research before writing Different Dream Parenting helped demystify the topic and convinced me of its importance. So when Friendship Circle of Michigan requested I become one of their...
by Jolene | Aug 31, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
While puzzles and board games don’t top my fun free time activity list, they do make the top ten. Somewhere after spending time with family, reading, cooking, and watching TV/movies on Netflix, but before swimming, shopping, and travel. However, when puzzles and...
by Jolene | Aug 7, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Centers for Independent Living (CILs) have been around longer than the first federal special education law passed in 1974. Since ferreting out special needs resources always makes me smile, imagine the size of my grin after learning about them recently. And imagine my...
by Jolene | Aug 3, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
The abuse of children with special needs is a problem in our society. Almost every day a new special needs scandal shows up in my Google alerts. So I was pleased to learn about a new resource that helps special needs children recognize and avoid abuse. A Book for Kids...