Dear Developmental Doc, My son is 10 years old with a moderate form of autism. He struggles in almost all areas of development, particularly since he is non-verbal. I have recently read that there are iPad apps that help kids like mine become...
More When I found out about this event I knew I had to share it with my community! I knew you would want to see this. Parenting is not a one-size fits all thing. What works for your friends may not work for you. What works for one child may not be as...
More No doubt about it, when people stare at our children (or us), they make us squirm. Let’s face it, people rarely stare at us because they’re mesmerized by our great beauty. More likely, they are sizing up our glaring imperfections. For...
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No one wants to talk about it, but sadly bad things happen during pregnancy. Sometimes babies die and sometimes babies are not born perfect with “10 little fingers and 10 little toes.” Since no one talks about these things, going...
More Last time we talked about how to use choices and questions to help children learn responsibility at as early an age as possible. This week, we talk about an important part of asking questions and giving choices: making sure a child has...
More . . . A strategy for helping your child with special needs learn to problem solve.Moms and Dads of children with special needs tend to take on the role of butler and maid far too long for the well-being of their son or daughter. As a consultant I...
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More Hospital stays are rarely fun for anyone. But for a child in the hospital, the experience is unfamiliar at best and frightening at worst. However, parents can make a child’s stay easier by implementing three strategies before and during...
More Every child is a special needs child. Most of those special needs fall within our expectations, and that’s the reason why we don’t really consider them “special.” But other needs are completely unexpected and require a lot...
More In my previous life (before I was a special needs mom), I was a social worker. My resume is almost as eclectic as I am and I worked with a large variety of people. Foster care, adoption, child protective services, group homes, palliative, Native...
More This is our fourth article our Transition series. The last three articles discussed what transition is and why it matters.
More Parents of a special needs child also have special needs. They need more flexibility to deal with the unknown and adapt to situations that are often completely different from what they expected, more time and money to take care of their child...
More A woman’s daughter has just been diagnosed with autism. A couple struggles to deal with their brain-injured baby, still in the NICU. These courageous parents face an unknown journey with no preparation and no road map. What do they need? They...
More For years, parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have mistakenly passed along the erroneous statistic that 80% of marriages of such parents will end in divorce. This myth also has been perpetuated by professionals and the...
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