by Trish Shaeffer | Sep 12, 2018 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
The Truth About Being a Special Needs Parent Guest blogger Trish Shaeffer is at Different Dream with a post about what she’s learned since she first became a special needs parent. The Truth About Being a Special Needs Parent Being the parent of a child with...
by Trish Shaeffer | Mar 14, 2018 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
How to Talk to Children About Their Disabilities Guest blogger Trish Shaeffer is at Different Dream to explain how to talk to children about their disabilities. Her ideas have been field tested on her own boys with whom she says she’s “100% honest so...
by Trish Shaeffer | Feb 7, 2018 | Holidays, Special Needs Parenting
Sharing Special Needs Love this Valentine’s Day Sharing special needs love is often a one way street where others support caregiving families by encouraging and giving to them. Trish Shaeffer, mom to sons with special needs, suggests ways families can...
by Trish Shaeffer | Nov 29, 2017 | Holidays, Special Needs Parenting
Useful Holiday Tips for Special Needs Families This the season for holiday tips for special needs families. Today’s tips from guest blogger, Trish Shaeffer, who is mom to 3 very cute, very active boys with special needs have been field tested and declared both...
by Trish Shaeffer | Aug 2, 2017 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
My Child has ADHD and the School Can’t See It What do you do when your child has ADHD and the school can’t see it? That’s a puzzle Trish Shaeffer had to solve during the past school year. In this blog post, she shares resources and strategies she...