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 Jolene | May 23, 2022 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
God Uses Whatever It Takes to Grow Our Reliance on Him God uses whatever it takes to grow our reliance on Him. Acts 9 tells the story of Paul on the road to Damascus where he simultaneously saw Jesus, heard Him speak, and went blind for a couple days. That’s...
by Laura Spiegel | May 18, 2022 | Grief, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support, Uncategorized
Parenting a Child with Disabilities Isn’t the Grief Olympics Parenting a child with disabilities isn’t the grief Olympics as guest blogger Laura Spiegel knows. However, as is true for many other caregiving parents, she struggles to find a balance between validating...
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...