Why traditional parenting strategies won’t work with children with exceptional needs and what to do instead.Continue reading Burn Your Parenting Books: Why Traditional Parenting Won’t Work With Children With Exceptional Needs
Creating Your Child’s Childhood
Amy shares 10 things all parents can do to help create a positive childhood for all their children regardless of whether they have developmental differences or not.Continue reading Creating Your Child’s Childhood
Eating with Autism: The Happy Dance
My husband and I often refer to Barclay’s food preferences as The Nursing Home Diet. Barclay prefers his food soft, bland, room temperature, and not much of it. But the truth is, up to 80 percent of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), like Barclay, are selective eaters. This is the result of numerous reasonsContinue reading Eating with Autism: The Happy Dance
Sixty to Zero: Our Unique Bedtime Routine
A typical evening routine for my son involves an hour of roughhousing and several laps around the background. This is not your average evening routine, but parenting a child with exceptional needs is far from average!Continue reading Sixty to Zero: Our Unique Bedtime Routine
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