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The Amazing Shrine School for Children with Special Needs

The Amazing Shrine School for Children with Special Needs

by Jolene | Oct 19, 2017 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting, Uncategorized

The Amazing Shrine School for Children with Special Needs The Shrine School in Memphis, Tennessee is one of a kind. I visited it in late September of 2017 and was blown away by the building, the teachers, the staff, the parents, and most of all, by the 150 students...
5 More Ways to Build Positive Parent-Teacher Relationships

5 More Ways to Build Positive Parent-Teacher Relationships

by Jolene | Sep 14, 2017 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting

5 More Ways to Build Positive Parent-Teacher Relationships Are you looking for ways to build positive parent-teacher relationships as the new school year begins? This blog series is based on what I, Jolene, learned during 25 years as an elementary teacher. My...
5 Ways to Build Positive Parent-Teacher Relationships

5 Ways to Build Positive Parent-Teacher Relationships

by Jolene | Sep 7, 2017 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting

5 Ways to Build Positive Parent-Teacher Relationships The other day I dashed into Walmart for deodorant, took a wrong turn, and ended up in the school supply aisle. It was teeming with moms and kids intent on filling their back-to-school lists. A little boy thrust his...
3 Ways to Take a Piece of Summer into the School Year

3 Ways to Take a Piece of Summer into the School Year

by Liz Matheis | Sep 6, 2017 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting

3 Ways to Take a Piece of Summer into the School Year Guest blogger Liz Matheis wants to take a piece of summer into the school year. In fact, she’s devised a few strategies that take summer into the start of the school year and beyond. 3 Ways to Take a Piece of...
11 Back to School Special Needs Posts for Parents

11 Back to School Special Needs Posts for Parents

by Jolene | Aug 17, 2017 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting

11 Back to School Special Needs Posts for Parents Back to school posts for parents of kids with special needs can be hard to find. And what parent has time to unearth them while caught in the back-to-school whirlwind. So Different Dream has compiled 11 of its best...
3 Special Needs Transition Techniques for a New School Year

3 Special Needs Transition Techniques for a New School Year

by Liz Matheis | Aug 9, 2017 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting

3 Special Needs Transition Techniques for a New School Year A parent can never have too many special needs transition techniques at the beginning of a new school year. Today, guest blogger and child psychologist Liz Matheis outlines 3 special needs transition...
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Jolene Philo is a published author, speaker, wife, and mother of a son with special needs.

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