Weekly Round-Up: Week Ending September 30
Sunday September 30, 2012
Here's your weekend listing of all the new content you may have missed from the past week on About Parenting Special Needs.
New Articles and Reader Responses
Articles on Education: Alphabetical ... Read More
Fingerprints, Films, and More Fun Things to Do
Saturday September 29, 2012
Stop by here every Saturday for a family activity, a site for the kids, a shopping site, a site offering humor or inspiration about parenting children with special needs, and ... Read More
Back-to-School, Bullying, and More of Your Comments
Friday September 28, 2012
Here's your listing of what your fellow readers have been talking about on this blog and the forum over the past week. What do you feel like commenting on ... Read More
Parent Says Most Schools Not Ready to Recognize NLD
Thursday September 27, 2012
I asked for your advice for parents of a child diagnosed with nonverbal learning disabilities, and the latest contribution to that page promotes the importance of finding outside help to ... Read More
If We're So Anti-Bullying, How Does Stuff Like This Exist?
Wednesday September 26, 2012
Well, I had a "what the &%#*! is wrong with people?" kind of day yesterday. It started with a comment to an old post on peanut bans that expressed outrage ... Read More
Jury Duty for a Young Adult With Special Needs
Tuesday September 25, 2012
My daughter got a surprising piece of mail a couple of weeks ago: a summons to jury duty. At first we assumed we'd easily be able to get her out ... Read More
Helping a Teen Take the Facebook Plunge
Monday September 24, 2012
Is your teen on Facebook? After months of hemming and hawing and general freaked-outedness, my youngest finally set up an account. We had a friend of the family who was ... Read More
Weekly Round-Up: Week Ending September 23
Monday September 24, 2012
Here's your weekend listing of all the new content you may have missed from the past week on About Parenting Special Needs.
New Articles and Reader Responses
Articles on Community Participation: ... Read More
Applesauce, Jelly Beans, and More Fun Things to Do
Saturday September 22, 2012
Stop by here every Saturday for a family activity, a site for the kids, a shopping site, a site offering humor or inspiration about parenting children with special needs, and ... Read More
Your Comments on the Blog and Forum This Week
Friday September 21, 2012
Here's your listing of what your fellow readers have been talking about on this blog and the forum over the past week. What do you feel like commenting on ... Read More
If Back-to-School-Night Speeches Were Like IEP Meetings
Thursday September 20, 2012
One of my favorite items on my list of reasons to go to back-to-school night is the opportunity to listen to an administrator give an ambitious, promise-heavy speech about what ... Read More
Eek! People Are Talking About Halloween Already
Wednesday September 19, 2012
Oh, for goodness sake. I just got my kids settled in school, and already my sister-in-law is calling me to make Thanksgiving plans, and blogs are filling up with stories ... Read More
Appreciate Back-to-School Night While You've Got It
Tuesday September 18, 2012
With both my kids in college this year, there are lots of things I'm not missing, like IEP meetings and phone calls to administrators over missing services and schedules that ... Read More
From My Inbox: Walking and Reading
Monday September 17, 2012
Here's my weekly gathering of products, events, and stories of interest that have landed in my e-mail queue or otherwise caught my attention this week:
+ October is National Down Syndrome ... Read More
Weekly Round-Up: Week of September 16
Sunday September 16, 2012
Here's your weekend listing of all the new content you may have missed from the past week on About Parenting Special Needs.
New Articles and Reader Responses
Canadian Special-Education Acronyms
Articles on ... Read More
Paralympic Videos and More Fun Things to Do
Saturday September 15, 2012
Stop by here every Saturday for a family activity, a site for the kids, a shopping site, a site offering humor or inspiration about parenting children with special needs, and ... Read More
Your Comments on American Airlines and Travelers With Special Needs
Friday September 14, 2012
Here's your listing of what your fellow readers have been talking about on this blog over the past week. Eleven comments came in, most of them on the post ... Read More
Special-Education Acronyms Go International
Thursday September 13, 2012
My list of special-education acronyms got tweeted by some kind soul a while back, and another tweeter responded that a particular acronym was missing, perhaps because it was Canadian and ... Read More
'Inclusion Works, Indeed It Does'
Wednesday September 12, 2012
Speaking up for inclusion on the "What Would You Like Special Education Teachers to Know" Readers Respond page recently was a parent who, in contrast to a teacher who wrote ... Read More
For 'Parenthood,' the New Season Starts Tonight
Tuesday September 11, 2012
Heads up, Parenthood fans! Though the traditional onslaught of new fall shows has not officially begun, the Bravermans are coming back tonight, September 11, at 10 p.m. for their 2012-2013 ... Read More
From My Inbox: Words and Music
Monday September 10, 2012
Here's my weekly gathering of products, events, and stories of interest that have landed in my e-mail queue or otherwise caught my attention this week:
+ The 25th anniversary edition of ... Read More
Weekly Round-Up: Week Ending September 9
Sunday September 9, 2012
Here's your weekend listing of all the new content you may have missed from the past week on About Parenting Special Needs.
New Articles and Reader Responses
Articles on Behavior Issues: ... Read More
Tree House, Table Tennis, and More Fun Things to Do
Saturday September 8, 2012
Stop by here every Saturday for a family activity, a site for the kids, a shopping site, a site offering humor or inspiration about parenting children with special needs, and ... Read More
Your Comments on Ritalin, Autism, and Teacher Communication
Friday September 7, 2012
Here's your listing of what your fellow readers have been talking about on this blog over the past week. What do you feel like commenting on today?
Ritalin for Autism?
Autistic ... Read More
No First-Class Treatment on American Airlines for Passenger With Down Syndrome
Thursday September 6, 2012
Seems like we've come to expect less and less of air travel in recent years. We've accepted any number of indignities, both in getting to the gate and getting to ... Read More
'I Treat My Students the Way I Want My Own Kids to Be Treated'
Wednesday September 5, 2012
In two recent blog posts, I quoted responses from a teacher who thinks inclusion is a joke and one who thinks parents blaming schools for problems is comical. Over the ... Read More
First Paralympics Highlight Show on NBC(SN) Tonight
Tuesday September 4, 2012
Have you been watching the Paralympics? It started last Wednesday and runs through this Sunday. If you're in the US, up until today you'd have to be going to the ... Read More
Labor Day Fun (or Maybe Just Survival)
Monday September 3, 2012
Labor Day -- it's either a last blast of freedom before the school year starts or the first day off of a school year already begun. Either way, you're going ... Read More
Weekly Round-Up: Week Ending September 2
Sunday September 2, 2012
Here's your weekend listing of all the new content you may have missed from the past week on About Parenting Special Needs.
New Articles and Reader Responses
Articles on Early Intervention: ... Read More
Paralympics, Paper-Bag Book Covers, and More Fun Things to Do
Saturday September 1, 2012
Stop by here every Saturday for a family activity, a site for the kids, a shopping site, a site offering humor or inspiration about parenting children with special needs, and ... Read More