by Sheri Dacon | May 11, 2016 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Summer Planning Tips for Parents of Kids with Special Needs The days are lengthening, the outdoor temps are warming, and summer is on the horizon. Guest blogger, Sheri Dacon, is here with advice about how to make the summer of 2016 a success for you and your kids....
by Jolene | Feb 22, 2016 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Eight Ways to Make Therapy Fun For two and half months last fall, I felt like a prisoner wearing a ball and chain. Not on my foot, but on my left hand. Not a ball made of iron, but of therapy appointments two or three times a week as well as hand and thumb exercises...
by Sylvia Phillips | Feb 17, 2016 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Four Resources for New Special Needs Parents Guest blogger Sylvia Phillips has been caring for children with special needs for 25 years. She wants to share four resources for new special needs parents she wishes she’d know about when her journey began. Four...
by Ursula Herrera | Jan 6, 2016 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Healthy Food Tips for Kids with Reflux and Feeding Challenges January is Esophageal Atresia/Tracheoesophageal Fistula (EA/TEF) Awareness Month. Because our son was born with this rare birth anomaly, many of Different Dream’s posts will feature EA/TEF this month....
by Kimberly Drew | Nov 25, 2015 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Fostering Friendships for Kids with Special Needs, Pt. 2 Guest blogger Kimberly Drew is at Different Dream to finish up her series about fostering friendships for kids with special needs. In Part 1, she shared her thoughts on the importance of fostering friendships...
by Kimberly Drew | Nov 4, 2015 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Fostering Friendships for Kids with Special Needs, Pt. 1 Abbey, daughter of guest blogger Kimberly Drew, is growing up. Kimberly’s been doing the normal mom business of replaying the movie of her daughter’s life and wondering what she could have done...