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Transitioning to Summer Child Care

Transitioning to Summer Child Care

Candi Wingate The summer months bring a new schedule for kids- and with it, new child care for many families. Often, the schedule that has been in place for nine months with your school-year care provider... 

How Can I Make My Morning Routine Quicker?

How Can I Make My Morning Routine Quicker?

I was recently asked: “You always seem to have good ideas. Maybe you have some suggestions for my problems. I have six kids and three of them have Asperger’s syndrome. They’re fairly high functioning... 

A Kid Again 5K Run/Walk Fundraiser

A Kid Again 5K Run/Walk Fundraiser

Mandi Welbaum, founder of SpecialMomTalk (a website for parents of special needs kids) and Mandi Minding Money has announced that she will be walking for an organization called A Kid Again. A Kid Again... 

How Do You Catch A Bully?

How Do You Catch A Bully?

I am lucky enough to work as my own nephew’s aide in his fourth grade classroom. He has autism.  For the purposes of this article, we will call him “Leo”.  His ability to affect the... 

Discussing a Meltdown Alert Code – Brainstorming with Ella

Discussing a Meltdown Alert Code – Brainstorming with Ella

My daughter, Ella, is ten years old. One of the more difficult aspects of parenting her relates to her uneven skill development, a hallmark of being on the Autism spectrum. I never know from day to day... 

Cost of Raising Special Needs Children: Study

Cost of Raising Special Needs Children: Study

Dr. Paul Shattuck, assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis, released a study on the cost of raising special needs kids. Dr. Shattuck found that there were significant out-of-pocket costs...