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…
The signs are everywhere, or are they?
I was walking through the mall with my children, just laughing at their crazy antics and enjoying the window-shopping. I stopped at one particular window, admiring a pair of shoes that I would never purchase and my eyes dropped to something that took my breath away. A little boy lay completely relaxed, blissfully asleep in…
Laura’s New Blog Journey – An Interview
I love finding new blogging Moms, and Laura is one of the best. Join me in finding out more about this amazing mom and her extremely handsome son, and then don’t forget to visit her blog, My New Blog Journey. Tell me a little about yourself and your family. You may include you name if…
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…
Communication Temptations
Written by CC from http://ifonlyihadsuperpowers.blogspot.com For beginning communicators (such as young children, people with developmental delays, or people with social delays) knowing how to appropriately communicate can be very difficult. Some young children find it much easier to cry or tantrum when they want something, than to communicate in a more appropriate way. “Communication Temptations”…
Information Is Power
Information is Power By Jen, from Unique But Not Alone Well here I am, Jen, your guest blogger in October, and this is my last post for the month. Thanks so much for welcoming me here at 5 Minutes for Special Needs. It feels like home. When my oldest daughter, Grace, was diagnosed with Alpha-1…
Going to Church
Many families with special needs children struggle with the issue of church attendance, and we are no different. Going to church has been a big part of my life since I was five years old, and my husband and I have been attending our current church for over 10 years now. Although it is a…
Processing Things.
She sits on my lap facing me. Her little legs dangling on either side of mine. We’re just sitting, my girl and I, enjoying the sunshine after the last hospital confinement. We’ve been gone a week and this is our first morning waking up at home. ‘Home’. I love that word. It resonates…
“The Sibling Problem”?
I stumbled upon this article by Amy Leonard Goehner in Time Magazine about autistic children and their siblings. Specifically, the article talks about the challenges neurotypical siblings of special-needs kids face and gives some strategies to help families develop a positive relationship between siblings. The author states that the neurotypical sibling “commonly has very negative…
People are People
Special needs are a perplexing topic to the peripherally involved. Some of them are supplemental caregivers, therapists, billing staff, insurance agents, to name a few and they know the key words and tricky phrases but don’t really have a great handle on the actual topic at hand. Sure, the may know that flapping behaviors are…