Q-Tip Painting is an excellent way to practice fine motor skills and develop sensory function. It helps a dysregulated child feel calm, and it’s fun! My youngest son tried to go back to occupational therapy. After one session, I was 100% sure we would not be going back. It’s a long story and one that…
“I’m stuck, Mommy!“ My youngest looked down at me from the top of the tree, paralyzed with fear, clinging to the one branch he was sure would hold him. “Honey, if you got up there, you can get back down,” I said. “No,” he cried. “You don’t understand. I can’t let go. I can’t do…
It’s a question so many of us ask, desperate for an answer. Will it ever get easier for my child with learning differences and special needs? Last week, in one of my support sessions with another, sweet mom, we talked about what I call the “messy middle.” I am pretty sure it is a reality…
I threw a book across the room this morning. It helped my level of frustration and anger, but not my sense of injustice. I ordered this particular book last week. I was looking for a resource to help with a few things beginning to stir for my youngest son. Becoming a teenager has shifted some…
A few months ago, my son began occupational therapy (again) for difficulties he experiences in writing. We walked into the waiting room and saw a sweet, but very loud toddler awaiting her appointment. There were actual colorful clowns painted on the walls. All of the chairs in the room came up to my son’s knees….
If you are a mom headed into your first IEP meeting, please know you are not alone! The following includes crowd-sourced, practical advice, from real moms who have gone before you and are happy to help. For the first time in several years, I sat down in an IEP meeting last Fall. I was overwhelmed,…
This is the very best advice I can possibly share. This is what you need to do when your child has differences. I began watching a docu-series on YouTube last week, all about different families raising children with varying differences and special needs. The single mom with three kiddos on the spectrum. The 18 year…
“I can’t seem to find anyone who homeschools their child. My son is 13 and is autistic and epileptic. I have never met anyone else in similar situation. I feel so alone and don’t know if I’m doing anything right. I have nothing to compare it to and no help at all. Any ideas. Thank…
I know it is well-meaning, but please stop. I am not a “super mom.” “Wow. You are just a super mom, aren’t you?” She said it with a smile and I know she meant it as a compliment. We were discussing the medical care I have been newly trained to provide my son. I shared…
I struggle with thinking of my boys as puzzles to be solved, as jumbled messes until we put the pieces in place. My child is not a problem to be solved. “Your son is complicated. It is going to take time to fix this. He’s like a puzzle with a lot of pieces that we…
I ask myself this question all the time – What is the line between denial and hope for special needs parents? One week, I was telling my son’s doctor how great he was doing. The next, paramedics were at our house loading my child into an ambulance. The week after that, I was on the…
A resource to help those of us homeschooling children with special needs. I write a lot about homeschooling my two boys. Their learning differences. The accommodations we have in place. How I individualize all our curriculum in order to make it work for them. The craziness of our day to day lives. I enjoy writing…
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