by Jolene | Sep 14, 2017 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
5 More Ways to Build Positive Parent-Teacher Relationships Are you looking for ways to build positive parent-teacher relationships as the new school year begins? This blog series is based on what I, Jolene, learned during 25 years as an elementary teacher. My...
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 | 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 | 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....