Everyone needs friends. However, making friends isn’t always easy and for our children it can be even harder. Sometimes our children have behavioral problems that cause other children to shy away. Sometimes there are communication problems, either with the lack of communication or with speech that is difficult to understand. As parents, we often have…
Category Archives: Skill Development
She Is Their Best Friend
She is their best friend. I see it in their faces, hear it in their play, watch it in the way they fight over the smallest piece of junk, determined that their need to treasure this particular item is deeper than the other. Then, just as easily, one gives in. One notices the tears of…
All you need is love…
There are times when I think am I doing right by my son. Is it right that I kept him home to homeschool versus sending him to our public school system? This one doesn’t take long to remember why I did what I did! Our schools system offered three schools to choose from, it was…
How Far She’s Come
As special needs parents our calendars quickly fill up with therapies and appointments. In between we may be finding time for other children, our spouses, jobs, and running a household. Among the day-to-day we may lose sight of the big accomplishments and how far we’ve progressed in a relatively short period of time. I know…
It’s a Puzzle…
My kids each received a jigsaw puzzle as one of their Christmas gifts. I gave the littles a couple of “preschool” puzzles – the ones with a couple of dozen pieces. The oldest can now do these with ease and I didn’t see many options in between those and the 100 piece jigsaw I got…
Where Did our Friends Go?
For us, one of the most surprising and disappointing aspects of parenting a special needs child was the loss of our friends. It seems strange that when you need them the most, they are nowhere to be found. Where did they go … and why?
How do you know?
How do you know what typical development is? Even though my daughter has Cerebral Palsy which is not necessarily behavioral she still exhibits some behavioral issues. She has trouble adjusting to change and can and does completely loose it when things change on her unexpectedly. That said she is seven years old and lost of…
Future Rock Balancer?
A couple weeks ago, Peanut wanted to go outside to play. She had been recovering from a cold so her outdoor play had been limited, but the weather was nice that day and she was doing better so I bundled her up and sent her into the backyard. I asked Diva to go with her…
Open W I D E
Dental issues. These are among the many challenges that parents of special needs children and adults deal with every day. Dentist visits and tooth brushing can be especially challenging for those with an oral aversion or cognitive impairment and behavior issues. Here are my experiences.
My dream…
I have this dream for all of us, I dream that one day we all can walk in to “Our Toy Store” and find our kids playing in the aisles. That there are toys available to try and see if they’d work for our children. Where we’re not ordering from catalogs at home, but instead…