by Jolene | Sep 9, 2015 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
3 Strategies for Good Communication After an IEP Meeting Welcome to DifferentDream.com, a website for parents of kids with special needs. Today’s post is the fourth and last in a series based on wisdom shared at last spring’s Accessibility Summit. One of the workshops...
by Jolene | Sep 2, 2015 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
10 Ways to Advocate at a Difficult IEP Meeting Welcome to DifferentDream.com, a website for parents of kids with special needs. Today’s post is the third in a series based on wisdom shared at last spring’s Accessibility Summit. One of the workshops at the...
by Jolene | Aug 26, 2015 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
4 Special Needs Obstacles to Avoid at School With the school year drawing closer–and perhaps even underway in some parts of the country–Different Dream’s series designed to help parents become the best advocates they can be continues. The series is based on the...
by Jolene | Mar 20, 2015 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
An Annual Review Is Not a Boxing Match This time of year, the special needs blogosphere is awash with posts for parents preparing for annual reviews for their kids with special needs. Some of the posts share excellent IEP and annual review resources. But much of the...
by Sylvia Phillips | Mar 6, 2015 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
Plan Now for Next Year’s Special Needs Homeschooling When March rolls around, parents and kids start counting the weeks until school ends and summer begins. March is also the month when parents who homeschool their kids with special needs make preliminary plans...