by Jolene | Aug 17, 2012 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
A meet the teacher pre-meeting can be an excellent way to ease the anxiety a child with special needs experiences before the start of a new school year. Guest blogger, Ellen Stumbo, offers some useful advice about how to arrange such a meeting, what points to cover,...
by Jolene | Jun 25, 2012 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
Yes, school is out for the summer and IEP annual review season is over. But this post about check lists for kids with transition IEPs just showed up on my radar screen. Judging from the popularity of last month’s Gillian Marchenko and Ellen Stumbo’s guest...
by Jolene | Jun 1, 2012 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Between the CDC’s recent 1 in 88 autism announcement and the newly released movie about bullying, these two subjects are hot topics in the news. Therefore, I was delighted when the folks at the UK website www.autismfile.com asked if DifferentDream.com would run...
by Jolene | May 18, 2012 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
With IEP Annual Review season in full swing, DifferentDream.com guest bloggers are willing and ready to share the benefits of their experience with you. Yesterday, Ellen Stumbo shared 2 things parents can do to prepare for IEP meetings. Today she’s back with 3...
by Jolene | May 17, 2012 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
As was mentioned last week in guest blogger Gillian Marchenko’s post, IEP annual review season is in full swing for parents of kids with special needs identified by the public schools. Gillian shared 5 ways to set a positive tone during an annual review....