by Jolene | Jul 29, 2013 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
Special Needs Accommodations as Easy as 4 Tennis Balls Special needs accommodations. Speaking as a former teacher, I can attest to the fact that those words can send shivers up the spines of educators grappling with teaching duties that exceed the time required to...
by Jolene | Jun 24, 2013 | How Tos and Resources, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
Work Training and Placement for Young Adults with Autism Employment and kids with special needs. Is there a way for the two entities to come together? That’s a question parents ask frequently as their kids with special needs get closer to adulthood. A report...
by Jolene | Mar 29, 2013 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
5 Ways to Set Realistic Goals for Kids with Special Needs Goal setting can be a balancing act for parents of kids with special needs and educators who work with them. How do we set goals that challenge our children to reach their full potential and be realistic at the...
by Jolene | Mar 8, 2013 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
13 Special Needs App Picks Special needs apps keep springing up as fast as a field of daisies in summer. The field (of special needs apps, not daisies) is growing so fast, it’s hard to pick the ones best suited to meet your child’s needs. TeachThought.com...
by Jolene | Jan 25, 2013 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
5 Digital Tools for Children with Special Needs Digital tools and apps are exploding all over the electronic world. A post at Reading Rockets, an organization dedicated to teaching young children to read and supporting struggling readers, recommended 5 websites with...
by Jolene | Jan 18, 2013 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
Free Font for People with Dyslexia Dyslexia is a developmental reading disorder that occurs when the brain doesn’t recognize and process certain symbols. I taught many children with dyslexia, and they worked hard to make sense of letters that seemed to float off...
