Category Archives: Try This Tuesday

Try This Tuesday #37: Having a Little Fun

Welcome to another Try This Tuesday. For details on how to participate, please check out the welcome post. If you’d like to join in but aren’t sure what to write about, try the topic suggestion for this week: Having A Little Fun. Is there an activity you’ve done with your child or something your child…

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Try This Tuesday #36: Helping A “New” Special Needs Parent

Welcome to another Try This Tuesday. For details on how to participate, please check out the welcome post. If you’d like to join in but aren’t sure what to write about, try the topic suggestion for this week: Helping a “New” Special Needs Parent. What would you say to someone who has just learned that…

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Try This Tuesday #35: Disciplining Your Child

Welcome to another Try This Tuesday. For details on how to participate, please check out the welcome post. If you’d like to join in but aren’t sure what to write about, try the topic suggestion for this week: Disciplining Your Child. The person who suggested this topic specifically asked about the teenage years, so if…

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Try This Tuesday #34: Teaching the Value of Money

For details on how to participate, please check out the welcome post. If you’d like to join in but aren’t sure what to write about, try the topic suggestion for this week: Teaching the Value of Money. How do you teach your children how to manage money and how to make decisions about spending, saving…

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Try This Tuesday #33: Communicating with Non-verbal Children

For details on how to participate, please check out the welcome post. If you’d like to join in but aren’t sure what to write about, try the topic suggestion for this week: Communicating with Non-Verbal Children. I encourage those of you living or working with non-verbal children to join in and post or leave a…

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Try This Tuesday #32: What Should I Try?

If you’d like to join in but aren’t sure what to write about, try the topic suggestion for this week: What Should I Try? Share something that has you currently looking for answers or ideas and we can all help each other brainstorm. My planned guest post did not come about this week, so I…

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Try This Tuesday #31: Birthday Parties

If you’d like to join in but aren’t sure what to write about, try the topic suggestion for this week: Birthday Parties. Do your children like going to them? How do they like to celebrate their own birthdays? By this point in my son’s life, I thought I would be well in the swing of…

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Try This Tuesday #30: Teaching the How and Why of Hygiene

If you’d like to join in but aren’t sure what to write about, try the topic suggestion for this week: Teaching the How and Why of Hygiene. *****Unfortunately, I have been out of commission for the last several days due to a severe migraine, so I wasn’t able to write about our experiences with this…

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Try This Tuesday #29: Communicating with Teachers and Paraprofessionals

If you’d like to join in but aren’t sure what to write about, try the topic suggestion for this week: Communicating with Teachers and Paraprofessionals – how do you create and maintain a good relationship with your child’s team? What methods seem to work best for you? Our Communication Plan When my son was moving…

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Try This Tuesday #28: Getting Through the Night

If you’d like to join in but aren’t sure what to write about, try the topic suggestion for this week: Book Recommendations – what book or books have you found most helpful since finding out your child has special needs? I’m answering this question for myself over at my blog, since I actually have a…

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