May 15, 2012 Posted by Jolene

Managing Your Time Without Losing Your Mind, Part 3

This series on time management for parents of kids with special needs is for anyone who ever feels like the person in the picture. In Part 3, guest blogger Amy Stout is back with five more strategies for parents like you and me. (Click here for Part 2 of the series which showcases Amy’s first five strategies. Click here for Part 1 of the series.) Amy passed along these strategies to be included in a... read more

May 7, 2012 Posted by Jolene

Managing Your Time Without Losing Your Mind, Part 2

Welcome back to Part 2 of the DifferentDream.com series about time management. In Part 1, guest blogger Melissa Gamble shared her three best time management tips. In this installment, guest blogger Amy Stout shares some of her strategies. Amy says it’s easy to keep herself organized, but things are trickier for her daughter Kylie, who experiences autism. Amy finds organization, routine, and proper... read more

Apr 30, 2012 Posted by Jolene

10 Steps to Take After an Autism Diagnosis

Autism Awareness Month concludes today. To end April in style, DifferentDream.com is featuring one of the many informative articles to hit the blogosphere in the last few weeks. Meet Michelle Zipp DifferentDream.com is all about ending isolation and providing resources for families of kids with special needs. Therefore, you can see how the first sentence of a post by Michelle Zipp, who blogs over at... read more

Apr 25, 2012 Posted by Jolene

The Special Needs Connection: Scheduling & Cooperation, Pt. 2

Does this picture of guest blogger Amy Stout‘s daughter Kylie kissing her Prince Charming (aka Daddy) make you smile? Then be prepared to keep smiling for the duration of the second post in her series about preparing kids with special needs for out-of-the-ordinary circumstances. (Click here to read Part 1.) Today, Amy talks about the benefits of garnering a child’s cooperation by speaking... read more

Apr 24, 2012 Posted by Jolene

The Special Needs Connection: Scheduling & Cooperation, Pt. 1

What a delight to introduce another series from guest blogger Amy Stout. This one explains how she and her husband prepare their six-year-old daughter for out-of-the-ordinary experiences. In Part 1 she describes how they prepared her for an x-ray of her abdomen. The Special Needs Connection Between Scheduling and Cooperation, Part 1 A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It... read more