Oct 19, 2011 Posted by Jolene

Woot, Woot for Team Ankeny!

Even though this blog is read across the country, once in awhile I come across a local or regional story that deserves crowing about. Today’s blog is about one of them. The Des Moines Register Reports An article in the Des Moines Register highlighted two programs for kids with special needs offered through the Ankeny Parks and Recreation Department. For those of you unfamiliar with central Iowa,... read more

Oct 18, 2011 Posted by Jolene

How To Trick or Treat with a Food Restriction

Only two more weeks until Halloween and guest blogger, Nancy Flanders is back with a few tricks for parents of kids with food restrictions. Take a look at her suggestions and see which ones could work for you on October 31. How To Trick or Treat with a Food Restriction Halloween is just around the corner and millions of households will be taken over by candy. So much delicious candy!  But for some... read more

Oct 17, 2011 Posted by Jolene

Meet Lynne Jackson from ConnectedFamilies.com, Part 3

Welcome back to the last post in this series based on an interview with Lynne Jackson of Connected Families Ministry.  In Part 1 of the series, Lynne explained how their ministry began. In Part 2 she described the special needs population they work with and explained the parenting model they use with them. In Part 3, Lynne shares ways parents can grow in their faith while raising a child with special... read more

Oct 14, 2011 Posted by Jolene

Meet Lynne Jackson from ConnectedFamilies.com, Part 2

Welcome back to the second part of this three part series with Lynne Jackson. Lynne and her husband Jim are the founders of www.ConnectedFamilies.org. In Part 1 of the series, Lynne told about how the Connected Families Ministry began. Their ministry does not focus exclusively on kids with special needs, though they offer services for certain special needs populations. Today, she’ll describe that... read more

Oct 13, 2011 Posted by Jolene

Meet Lynne Jackson from ConnectedFamilies.com, Part 1

Meet Jim and Lynne Jacksons, founders of www.connectedfamilies.org. Their advice about school anxiety in kids and training young children to do chores have been  featured at DifferentDream.com. In recent months, I’ve come to appreciate Jim and Lynne Jackson’s thoughtful parenting model. Finally, I worked up enough courage to ask Lynne if she would agree to be featured here at Different Dream.... read more