Feb 9, 2010 Posted by Jolene

How to Create a Care Notebook

If you’re the parent of a child diagnosed with special needs, you know how hard it is to remember stuff. You need to remember doctor’s appointments and recommendations, medication dosages, reactions to medications, food allergies, behavioral issues and a whole lot more. Care Notebook But sleep-deprived, stressed parents can’t remember all that the stuff without help. And that’s... read more

Feb 8, 2010 Posted by Jolene

Meet Terri Mauro at About.com

If you were to ask me to recommend one resource for parents of kids with special needs, Terri Mauro’s site at About.com would be it. About Terri Mauro According to About.com, Terri is the mother of “two teenagers with special needs: a 19-year-old with language-based learning disabilities and a 16-year-old with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, both adopted from Russia in 1994.” ... read more

Feb 5, 2010 Posted by Jolene

The Parent’s Plate with Brenda Nixon

A few months ago I met Brenda Nixon, author of The Birth to Five Book, a tremedous resource for parents of young children, whether or not they have special needs. The Parent’s Plate Brenda is a speaker and hosts a parenting show called The Parents’ Plate. She knows how easy it is to overfill a parent’s plate and provides simple strategies to help you empty it. If you’re looking for... read more

Feb 3, 2010 Posted by Jolene

Every Child Can Learn, Given Enough Time

Recently I sat by a little boy at our church potluck. He has some special needs, especially in the area of communication. For years, I wondered if he would ever overcome them. Our lunch together reminded me of a maxim I followed during my teaching years: Every child can learn, given enough time. EParent.com To read the whole story about what my potluck mate learned because someone gave him enough time,... read more

Feb 1, 2010 Posted by Jolene

Snappin’ Ministries

Though I’m not a natural at Twitter (as compared to Facebook which is my kind of social networking), the service has been a great way to find other people who assist families of kids with special needs. Using the prescribed 140 characters or less, it recently brought Barb Dittrich and me together. Barb Dittrich Charlie, one of the Dittrich’s three children, has hemophilia. So his parents are... read more