by Kimberly Drew | May 17, 2017 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
The Emotional Toll of IEP Meetings The emotional toll of IEP meetings is real to parents. Educator Kimberly Drew learned that after her daughter with special needs began school. Over the years she’s learned several strategies to deal with the emotional toll of...
by Liz Matheis | Mar 29, 2017 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
5 Questions to Ask Before a Child’s IEP Annual Review Annual review season is here, and your child’s meeting is probably on your schedule. Guest blogger Liz Matheis is here with a few definitions and some timely advice about how to prepare for an annual...
by Deborah Arrona | Oct 19, 2016 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
4 Ways to Support Medically Fragile Children at School Medically fragile children at school need support from parents and school staff. Guest blogger Deborah Arrona is here to share 4 lessons she learned during the 2 1/2 year when her medically fragile daughter...
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...
by Jolene | Sep 16, 2015 | School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
Mid-September Is a Good Time to Pray Mid-September. The time of the year when the bloom is off the new school year rose. Lovely summer tans begin to fade. New shoes get scuffed. Spiffy school clothes lose their sizing in the wash. Haircuts go scruffy. The first wave...