Category Archives: Reviews

5 Minutes for Special Needs Books

We have winners! Brandi from High In Demand, and Lisa from My Life…or is it? will each be getting a copy of I Am Potential by Patrick Henry Hughes. Thanks to everyone who entered the contest!

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Against Medical Advice: Book Review and Giveaway

Our book reviews and giveaways are usually the Jennifer’s domain. You know, being a published author and all. (BTW, have you read Roadmap to Holland?) But when this opportunity was offered, I accepted in a flash. I just knew I needed to read this book. Against Medical Advice by James Patterson and James Friedman tells…

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Kid Made Holiday Gifts

I love having my kids make their own Holiday Gifts to give. Heck, it doesn’t even have to be for the Holidays. It could be for birthdays, Mother and Father’s Day, or Just Because I Think You’re Amazing Day. Luckily for me, I don’t have to come up with my own ideas. There are many…

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5 Minutes for Special Needs Books

Leave a comment to win a free copy of this week’s book! Just in time for the holidays, I Am Potential: Eight Lessons on Living, Loving and Reaching Your Dreams (Da Capo, 2008) is the heart-warming and inspirational book by self-advocate Patrick Henry Hughes, with Patrick John Hughes and Bryant Stamford. You might have “met”…

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5 Minutes for Special Needs Books

We have a winner! Congratulations to Deanna from Mom of 6 Musings, who will receive You Will Dream New Dreams: Inspiring Personal Stories by Parents of Children with Disabilities. Next week’s book is I Am Potential: Eight Lessons on Living, Loving and Reaching Your Dreams, by Patrick Henry Hughes. See you then!

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5 Minutes for Special Needs Books

Leave your name in the comments to win your own free copy! This week’s book is You Will Dream New Dreams: Inspiring Personal Stories by Parents of Children with Disabilites, co-edited by Stanley Klein and Kim Schive. Stanley Klein, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and educator. He’s the founder and former editor-in-chief of Exceptional Parent…

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5 Minutes for Special Needs Books

We have a winner! Alicia of Experiencing Each Moment will receive The New Language of Toys, and next week, we’ll be discussing You Will Dream New Dreams, by Stanley Klein, Ph.D. and Kim Schive. Happy reading!

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Photographing Your Children ~ Holiday Edition

Have you missed me each Tuesday and Wednesday? Did you notice that post about photographing your children for the annual holiday greeting card never posted? My apologies. A chronic illness and medication side effects have put me a little out of whack (my family would say that’s putting it mildly). Anissa and Tiff are covering…

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5 Minutes for Special Needs Books

Enter your name in the comments to win a free copy of this book! Today we’re taking a look at The New Language of Toys: Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Special Needs, A Guide for Parents and Teachers by Sue Schwartz. It’s a book that was recommended to me by my son Avery’s speech…

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Parker Loves Rachel……..A Giveaway!

Parker turns four this month. Yeah. He’s a little short for his age. But his heart is huge. And he’s already in the throws of his very first crush. With an older woman. A much older woman. And she’s taller too. She’s teaching him how to express himself. Through sign. Signing ‘grass’. Oh, yea. This…

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