jolenephilo@me.com
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google
  • Pinterest
  • Linkedin
  • RSS
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google
  • Pinterest
  • Linkedin
  • RSS
Different Dream Living
  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
    • Different Dream Blog
    • Guest Bloggers
  • Books
    • Jolene’s Books
    • Books I Recommend
    • Reviews & Endorsements
  • Speaking
    • Speaking Schedule for 2021
    • Childhood Trauma and PTSD Topics
    • Church Event Topics
    • Special Needs Ministry Topics
    • Special Needs Parenting Topics
    • Writing Workshops
  • Resources
  • Media Kit
  • Contact
Select Page
Managing Mixed Emotions When Our Kids with Disabilities Go Back to School

Managing Mixed Emotions When Our Kids with Disabilities Go Back to School

by Kristin Faith Evans | Aug 23, 2023 | Grief, How-Tos, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting

Managing Mixed Emotions When Our Kids with Disabilities Go Back to School Managing mixed emotions when our kids with mixed emotions go back to school can be, well, emotional. Guest blogger Kristin Faith Evans is experiencing a wide gambit of those emotions this August...
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?

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...
The Invasion of the Red Dye 40 Brain Snatchers

The Invasion of the Red Dye 40 Brain Snatchers

by Lisa Pelissier | Jul 26, 2023 | Holidays, How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting

The Invasion of the Red Dye 40 Brain Snatchers The invasion of the Red Dye 40 brain snatchers wreaked havoc at Lisa Pelissier’s house not too long ago. In this post, written after she snatched her brain back, she shares how artificial dyes can affect children with...
Empowering Kids with Disabilities, Part Five: Fun!

Empowering Kids with Disabilities, Part Five: Fun!

by Jolene | Jun 26, 2023 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting

Empowering Kids with Disabilities, Part Five: Fun! Empowering kids with disabilities isn’t always a serious business. The previous posts in this series about meeting our kids’ basic needs (Part 1: Survival, Part 2: Love and Belonging, Part 3: Power and...
Raising Babies with EA/TEF or Other Feeding Issues

Raising Babies with EA/TEF or Other Feeding Issues

by Kelly Simpson | May 31, 2023 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting

Raising Babies with EA/TEF or Other Feeding Issues Raising babies with EA/TEF includes many feeding challenges. Finding tips about how to deal with those challenges can be hard to find. Thankfully a growing number of parents, like today’s guest blogger Kelly Simpson,...
Empowering Kids with Disabilities, Part Four: Freedom

Empowering Kids with Disabilities, Part Four: Freedom

by Jolene | May 22, 2023 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting

Empowering Kids with Disabilities, Part Four: Freedom Empowering kids with disabilities, as the previous posts in this series have suggested, can be a challenge for caregivers. We have to make a paradigm shift from meeting all of our kids’ basic needs to...
« Older Entries

Meet Jolene

Jolene Philo is a published author, speaker, wife, and mother of a son with special needs.

Recent Posts

  • Why Did this Happen to My Child?
  • Fighting Weariness at the Start of the School Year
  • Hello! Means the World to Those with Disabilities and Special Needs
  • Managing Mixed Emotions When Our Kids with Disabilities Go Back to School

Categories

Archives

Stairlifts Reviews 100 Best Disability Blogs

EZ Socks

Our kids socks and toddler underwear have Ez pull-up loop technology that will help your child learn to dress themselves.

Portable Sleep Bed for Special Needs

Safe Place are portable, inflatable beds for special needs loved ones at home or away that provide a safe sleeping solution

RSS Different Dream RSS

  • Why Did this Happen to My Child?
  • Fighting Weariness at the Start of the School Year
  • Hello! Means the World to Those with Disabilities and Special Needs
A Different Dream for My Child
Follow Different Dream's board Special Needs Parents Talk About Raising Kids on Pinterest.

Recent Posts

  • Why Did this Happen to My Child?
  • Fighting Weariness at the Start of the School Year
  • Hello! Means the World to Those with Disabilities and Special Needs
  • Managing Mixed Emotions When Our Kids with Disabilities Go Back to School
  • How Much Is Too Much to Tell Teachers about my Child’s Disability?
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google
  • Pinterest
  • Linkedin
  • RSS
Designed by The Virtual Visionary