by Jolene | Mar 16, 2017 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
IEP Tips from Parents for Parents A few weeks ago, I attended the Engage Conference sponsored by 99 Balloons. One of the workshop sessions was a panel discussion called Navigating the IEP. The panel consisted of 2 parents of kids with IEPs and 1 educator who often...
by Maheen Tarver | Jan 12, 2017 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Our EA TEF Adventure: A Journey with Our Son EA TEF adventure abounds when kids are born with this life-threatening birth anomaly. Guest blogger Maheen Tarver shares her family’s EA TEF adventure in this post in honor of EA TEF Awareness Month. Our EA/TEF...
by Matt Allen | Jan 4, 2017 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
5 Tips for New Dads with an EA TEF Baby January is EA TEF Awareness Month. Guest blogger Matt Allen is here to kick things off the awareness-raising. Just a few short weeks after the birth of his adorable son, Matt has gained new wisdom to pass along to dads with an...
by Jolene | Jul 25, 2016 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Lost in Translation A little more than a year ago, a friend took a few of my books to a special needs family camp in Pelchi, Latvia. Partway through the week, she sent a text. “They love what you write about. Can you come next year to work with the moms?”...
by Jolene | Oct 21, 2015 | Advocacy, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
10 Positive Ways to Advocate at School Advocacy at school. For many in the special needs community, that phrase conjures images of parents breathing fire while toting armloads of files and folders into an IEP meeting or annual review. Not a pretty picture. And, if the...
