Christmas Tips for Special-Needs Families
Help for getting through the Christmas season with a child with special needs.
Holiday Survival Kit
A roundup of ways to make the holidays happier, from strategies for family get-togethers to child management techniques to gift ideas to personal de-stressing tools.
Tweak Your Traditions - Adjusting Holiday Habits for Your Child With Special...
The holidays are a time of beloved family traditions ... unless you have a child with special needs, in which case you may find those traditions to be impractical or impossible. With a little tweaking, though, you can start your own traditions, just a little off from the old. Here are nine holiday habits and how to adjust them.
Six Simple Gifts for Your Child With Special Needs
Whether you stuff them in a stocking or tuck them under the tree, these fun little extras will add extra magic to your holiday gift-giving for your child with special needs.
Before You Throw a Holiday Party
Big get-togethers with friends and family are a holiday tradition. Find ways to include your child in the festivities while excluding tantrums and meltdowns.
Before You Dress Your Child for the Holidays
Clothing battles aren't worth fighting -- and aren't necessary if you use a little creativity in working your child's personal preferences into your dress-up plans. Here's how.
Holiday Stress Relief
Hey, we all love the holidays, right? Right? Some things, sure. But the stress overload Santa dumps down our chimney this time of year is something we could all do without. To help you save your sanity, I've filled my bag with some great tips on easing Christmas craziness from all around the About.com Parenting channel, and wrapped them up with...
Make Your Holiday Plans
The holiday season tends to take over our lives and up our level of family stress. If you've found some great strategies for handling the holidays -- or just want to tell bad stories about them -- share them on these Readers Respond pages.