by Jolene | Nov 10, 2022 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Organizational Strategies Are Saving My Life Right Now Organizational strategies are saving my life right now, and my 94-year-old mother is the reason. Our family is in a season similar to the early 1980s when my husband and I were parenting a medically fragile baby....
by Jolene | May 31, 2017 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
From Chaos to Order in Ten Easy Steps, Part 2 Moving from chaos to order is no easy feat for parents raising kids with special needs. I know that from experience. That experience is what I drew upon for the first post in the series that shared five tips to implement...
by Jolene | May 18, 2017 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
From Chaos to Order in Ten Easy Steps, Part 1 Moving from chaos to order is no easy feat for parents raising kids with special needs. I know that from experience. That experience is what I drew upon recently when asked to speak to special needs parents about how to...
by Jolene | Nov 12, 2015 | Advocacy and Research, PTSD
How Parents Can Advocate Effectively for Traumatized Children This article is the eleventh in a series about PTSD in children. Previously, children have been the focus of each post. In this article and the next, the parents of traumatized children will be front and...
by Jolene | Feb 26, 2015 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
5 Ways to Recover from Caregiving Chaos Two days before Thanksgiving of 2014, my life descended into caregiver chaos. Not because of a kid with special needs. But because of an aging parent with special needs. My mom, to be specific. Who came to stay with us until the...