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Alternative Halloween Ideas for Kids with Special Needs

Alternative Halloween Ideas for Kids with Special Needs

by Mark Arnold | Oct 19, 2022 | Holidays, How-Tos

Alternative Halloween Ideas for Kids with Special Needs Alternative Halloween ideas for kids with special needs are implemented more now than in the past. In the interest of spreading alternative Halloween love, guest blogger Mark Arnold shares 10 simple, sensible...
How To Cope During a Rough Caregiving Season

How To Cope During a Rough Caregiving Season

by Lisa Pelissier | Oct 12, 2022 | Encouragement, How-Tos, Spiritual Support

How To Cope During a Rough Caregiving Season How to cope during a rough caregiving season. What? Who wants to write about that topic when doing so usually comes from hard experience? That’s the case for guest blogger Lisa Pelissier who describes what’s been happening...
10 Tips for a Successful Special Needs Vacation

10 Tips for a Successful Special Needs Vacation

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...
My 4 Tips for Surviving a Special Needs Train Wreck

My 4 Tips for Surviving a Special Needs Train Wreck

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...
Making Difficult Care Decisions: 6 Strategies to Clarify Choices

Making Difficult Care Decisions: 6 Strategies to Clarify Choices

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...
Parenting in Light of Neurodiversity

Parenting in Light of Neurodiversity

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

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