by Maggi Gale | Aug 16, 2023 | How-Tos, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
How Much Is Too Much to Tell Teachers about my Child’s Disability? How much is too much to tell teachers about my child’s disability? Maggie Gale, today’s guest blogger and mom to a daughter with medical special needs, asked that question at the start of every school...
by Jolene | Sep 9, 2015 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
3 Strategies for Good Communication After an IEP Meeting Welcome to DifferentDream.com, a website for parents of kids with special needs. Today’s post is the fourth and last in a series based on wisdom shared at last spring’s Accessibility Summit. One of the workshops...
by Jolene | Aug 27, 2015 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
Moving from Us versus Them to We For 25 years, I dreaded August. Not because of my anxieties as a parent. But because of my anxieties as a teacher whose inclusive fourth grade classroom contained a high percentage of special need and at risk students. What made me...
by Jolene | Aug 26, 2015 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
4 Special Needs Obstacles to Avoid at School With the school year drawing closer–and perhaps even underway in some parts of the country–Different Dream’s series designed to help parents become the best advocates they can be continues. The series is based on the...
by Jolene | Feb 2, 2015 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
3 Great IEP and 504 Plan Resources for Parents Photo Credit: Salvatore Vuono at www.freedigitalphotos.net Talking about annual reviews of IEPs and 504 plans on Groundhog’s Day may seem a bit early. But then again, if you’ve attended enough annual reviews...