Beware of Valentine's Day

Heads up! Valentine's Day is just a week away, and if that means treading carefully through a maze of restricted-diet issues and tricky emotions as you look for safe and appropriate ways of showing love, I've got a gift of guidance for you. Read Before You Celebrate Valentine's Day for information on safe sweets, restricted-diet-friendly classroom-party eats, food-free treats, and strategies for expressing love and explaining it. You may also want to download a few free, printable Valentine cards to give to the special-needs parents who mean the most to you. Maybe even yourself. We can use all the love we can get this time of year, no?

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