Last-Minute Halloween Prep and Candy Disposal
Wednesday October 31, 2012
Happy Halloween! If this is a day you've looked forward to for months, and your cherub is all ready for costuming and candy-gathering, be sure to snap a picture and ... Read More
Special-Needs Moments in My Weather-Channel Marathon
Tuesday October 30, 2012
I come to you today having survived SuperStorm Sandy with house, family, and electricity intact, and more importantly in our case, having survived about 48 hours straight watching The Weather ... Read More
Emergency Hurricane Help (for the Storm of Boredom Ahead)
Monday October 29, 2012
Most of the advance news on Hurricane Sandy has focused on keeping your home and your family safe, and that's as it should be. Once the storm hits and the ... Read More
Weekly Round-Up: Week Ending October 28
Sunday October 28, 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
Early Intervention in Michigan
Special ... Read More
Halloween Games, Bouncing Cats, and More Fun Things to Do
Saturday October 27, 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 PTA Meetings, Horror Stories
Friday October 26, 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
Neurofibromatosis on 'NCIS'
Thursday October 25, 2012
A subplot on this past Tuesday's episode of NCIS dealt with neurofibromatosis -- specifically, a child with neurofibromatosis whose helicopter-pilot father was mysteriously missing and then more mysteriously dead. The ... Read More
Hey, Ann Coulter, I've Got Some More Words for You
Wednesday October 24, 2012
If you spend much time reading special-needs blogs or following special-needs Twitter-ers, you've probably heard about the uproar over a tweet by Ann Coulter that used the R-word to insult ... Read More
Yes, You Really Have to Go to PTA Meetings
Tuesday October 23, 2012
Quick quiz: Where would you rather go, to the dentist for a root canal, or to a meeting of the parent-teacher organization at your kids' school? For many moms and ... Read More
From My Inbox: Resources on Bullying, Tourette's, Inclusion
Monday October 22, 2012
Here's my weekly gathering of events, activities, and sites of interest that have landed in my e-mail queue or otherwise caught my attention this week:
+ Jessica Kingsley Publishers is honoring ... Read More
Weekly Round-Up: Week Ending October 21
Sunday October 21, 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
Enterprising Parents: ReSolve Apparel
Index: ... Read More
Mark Making, Monsters, and More Fun Things to Do
Saturday October 20, 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 (and Mine) This Week
Friday October 19, 2012
Here's your listing of what your fellow readers and I have been talking about on this blog and the forum over the past week. What do you feel like ... Read More
What's Got Your Beach Ball Spinning Today?
Thursday October 18, 2012
If you're a Mac user, you'll know what I mean when I talk about the beach ball -- that colorful spinning disc that means something's not going right in your ... Read More
Your Halloween Tricks and Treats Wanted
Wednesday October 17, 2012
This week's Join the Discussion newsletter focused on Readers Respond pages with a Halloween theme, and I thought I'd mention those pages here too because if there was ever a ... Read More
Tantrums: Not Just for Kids
Tuesday October 16, 2012
Hoo-boy. If you're like me, you put a lot of effort into keeping it together for your kiddos. You know how important it is for their environment to be peaceful, ... Read More
From My Inbox: App Agreement, Pity Stories, Disability Slurs
Monday October 15, 2012
Here's my weekly gathering of stories of interest, though this time around they came from my Web browser rather than my e-mail queue:
+ The legal dispute over the communication app ... Read More
Weekly Round-Up: Week Ending October 14
Monday October 15, 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
Teacher Apology Template for ... Read More
Do-It-Yourself Play Dough and More Fun Things to Do
Saturday October 13, 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 Escalators and Unhelpful Educators
Friday October 12, 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
For Those Who Owe Us an Apology, a Little Help
Thursday October 11, 2012
Who would you like to hear say, "I'm sorry"? The teacher who manhandled your child with special needs? The IEP team member who never believed in your kid and never ... Read More
In Case You Have More Time to Read Than I Do
Tuesday October 9, 2012
If you've been checking this space every Tuesday looking for my latest book review (anyone? anyone?), you know that my plan to review a book a week has skidded to ... Read More
From My Inbox: Awareness Activities
Monday October 8, 2012
Here's my weekly gathering of events, activities, and sites of interest that have landed in my e-mail queue or otherwise caught my attention this week:
+ CVS Caremark All Kids Can ... Read More
Weekly Round-Up: Week Ending October 7
Sunday October 7, 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
Sites of the Day: ... Read More
Soccer, Math, and More Fun Things to Do
Saturday October 6, 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 Autism, Scholarships, Transitions
Friday October 5, 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
IEP Sometimes Stands for 'Interfering Educational Personage'
Thursday October 4, 2012
Don't you just love it when you get a plan in place with one school teacher or therapist or support person, and then another one sweeps in all clueless and ... Read More
Because Your E-mail Inbox Isn't Stuffed Enough
Wednesday October 3, 2012
Do you subscribe to my newsletter here at About.com Children With Special Needs? There's actually two newsletters a week, one that goes out on Friday and selects articles of interest ... Read More
When the Wheels Start Coming Off the Bus for Your Child
Tuesday October 2, 2012
So you've made it through the transition from summer to school. You've met the teacher at back-to-school night, maybe you've had a meeting or two, a lot of homework has ... Read More
Boo! It's October!
Monday October 1, 2012
I don't know what happened to September either, but look alive, today is October 1. Download your Love Notes for Special Parents calendar for October.
(Image and text by Terri ... Read More