by Jolene | Mar 25, 2015 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Isolation Is a Special Needs Parent’s Mean Girl Ā A few months ago, the folks over at The Caregivers Space asked me to co-host a bi-monthly special needs support group at their site. The post below explains why such support groups are so needed in our community....
by Jolene | Oct 18, 2012 | Books and Resources, Spiritual Support
Infant loss and miscarriage may seem like an unusual topic to address on a special needs parenting website. But many of these infants are diagnosed with special needs in utero. Teske Drake, author of Hope for Today, Promises for Tomorrow: Finding Light Beyond the...
by Jolene | Aug 30, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Advocate. Not the word that springs to mind when most young dads and moms describe their job as parents. But advocacy is a way of life for parents of kids with special needs. And in the past two days, Michelle Bartlett had given us a picture of life as a special needs...
by Jolene | Aug 29, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Advocate is not part of the job description most of us imagined when we thought about becoming parents. But as Michelle Bartlett shared yesterday in Part 1 of her story, parents of kids with special needs learn advocacy skills very quickly. Today, Michelle talks about...
by Jolene | Aug 28, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Becoming advocates for kids with special needs was not part of our parenting job description when we were expecting our first child. It probably wasn’t part of yours, and it wasn’t part of John and Michelle Bartlett’s either. But after their son Jake...