by Mark Arnold | Aug 17, 2022 | Holidays, How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
10 Tips for a Successful Special Needs Vacation Mark Arnold’s guest post offers 10 tips for a successful special needs vacation. He and his family tested them this summer for you to use whenever you and yours are able to get away. So, what do we need to do to prepare...
by Jolene | Aug 10, 2022 | Encouragement, How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
My 4 Tips for Surviving a Special Needs Train Wreck My 4 tips for surviving a special needs train wreck became part of my life decades ago. Our son, who’d had major corrective surgery at birth, was thriving. Or so we thought. Then he pulled away one night while I...
by Kristin Faith Evans | Jun 1, 2022 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Making Difficult Care Decisions: 6 Strategies to Clarify Choices Making difficult care decisions is an uncomfortable facet of special needs parenting. Rather than shy away from the conversation, guest blogger Kristin Faith Evans offers 6 strategies she and her husband...
by Lisa Pelissier | May 4, 2022 | How-Tos, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
Parenting in Light of Neurodiversity Parenting in light of neurodiversity often occurs through trial and error. Today, Lisa Pelissier describes tips she’s learned while trial-and-error parenting her son who has high functioning autism. My son has high functioning...
by Jolene | Apr 25, 2022 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Caring for a Family Member in the Hospital Caring for a family member in the hospital became my reality once more when the nurse at my mother’s long term care facility called. “Your mom is being sent to the ER by ambulance.” “I’ll be there in ten minutes. Don’t...
by Mark Arnold | Apr 20, 2022 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
How Happy Haircuts Happen How happy haircuts happen for kids with sensory processing disorder (SPD) is the subject of today’s guest post. Mark Arnold describes how understanding SPD leads to happy haircuts at for his son James. We are all sensory creatures who...
