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4 Best Education Strategies for our Children with Special Needs

4 Best Education Strategies for our Children with Special Needs

by Lillian Flakes | May 30, 2019 | School/Education

The best education for our special needs children is important to parents. Guest blogger Lillian Flakes writes about 4 strategies she and her husband employ to provide the best education possible for their daughter, Catherine. It’s the end of the school year and...
Middle School IEP Meeting Survival Tips

Middle School IEP Meeting Survival Tips

by Marnie Witters | May 9, 2019 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting

A recent middle school IEP meeting led to guest blogger Marnie Witters’ post for today. In it she shares her top middle school IEP meeting survival tips, which every parent of elementary students should read in order to be prepared for what is yet to come....
4 Tips for Smoother School Transitions for Kids with Special Needs

4 Tips for Smoother School Transitions for Kids with Special Needs

by Marnie Witters | Dec 13, 2018 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting

Transitions can be tough for kids with special needs. This fall Marnie Witters devised 4 tips for smoother school transitions when their family moved to a new house and her son who is on the autism spectrum started a new school. Join Different Dream in welcoming...
How To Demystify Special Needs at School

How To Demystify Special Needs at School

by Jolene | Dec 6, 2018 | How-Tos, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting

I am grateful to my colleagues who taught me how to demystify special needs at school. A special education teacher in our building and the guidance counselor wanted to mainstream a child with developmental delays into my third classroom for subjects like handwriting...
Ministering To and With Those Who Teach Our Children with Special Needs

Ministering To and With Those Who Teach Our Children with Special Needs

by Jolene | Aug 27, 2018 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting

The end of August means the beginning of school, a time of year I greeted with equal measures of excitement and dread as a teacher. So my original idea for this post was to shed some light on what teachers think and feel when a new school year rolls around....
What Teachers Think About the Week Before School Begins

What Teachers Think About the Week Before School Begins

by Jolene | Aug 23, 2018 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting

Have you ever wondered what teachers think about the week before school begins? I can’t speak for every educator, but based on my thoughts during the 25 Augusts of my teaching career and what my teacher friends and rellies say is on their minds, the 5 statements...
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Jolene Philo is a published author, speaker, wife, and mother of a son with special needs.

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