Adam is a gentle 14 year old boy that I have known since the age of 3, right around the…
Teach Children to Share their Feelings
Children respond differently to feelings than adults do. Depending maturity, some children are able to share about their feelings and…
2019- Was A Truth Revealing Year
I am not sure what lessons awaits me in 2020, but I am taking the lesson of vulnerability, compassion, and human kindness into 2020. Happy New Year and Wishing you the Best in 2020!!
May 2019 Bring Internal Success!
Before I could even blink, 2019 was already upon us. I had the expectation that 2018, was the spring of…
Learning Language through Play
Play helps children learn language and communication skills. Children are motivated to connect and learn when it is functional and meaningful and fun to them. The language used in play, for example encourages the development of turn-taking and conversation. When children are engaged in play, they use language to interact with others. Turn your daily routine into fun play.
Three Tips to Promote Active Listening
Listening helps us understand what the speaker is saying, understand how the person is thinking, or feeling and helps us ask the right questions.
What are Your Communication Behaviors in Conflicts?
Why do I have this need to be right all the time?
Why is it hard for me to hear others during conflicts?
Why do I feel that to resolve conflict I must win?
Why have I become this person that seeks out conflict?
Why do I always take on the victim role with certain people?
Building Your Child’s Emotional Language
Children learn about relationships through our actions and the words we use. Teach your child that feelings are important by…
Why are Accommodations and Modifications Misunderstood?
Some students with learning disabilities can do as well as their peers with a little support from all of us. Most of these students benefit from accommodations and some benefit from modification of the typical curriculum. Accommodations allow students with learning differences or disabilities equal access to instructions. It enables teachers to alter the environment, curriculum format, and provide equipment that allows an individual with a disability to gain access to content and/or complete assigned tasks. Accommodations do not alter what is being taught by instructors. The student needing the accommodation is graded the same way as the other students. Examples of accommodations include: Taped lecture, sign language, separate room to take the test, big prints, etc.
Dream Differently, Reduce Stress, Relax!
If you are a parent of a child with any disability, you know your child’s life has become your life. From the moment you wake up to the time you fall back asleep, you are thinking and worrying about your child. You are continually researching and attending therapy programs you have heard that can help your child. Your family time is limited to drive through, or special meals that are extremely costly! You are doing and redoing your budget because you forgot to add the new recommended therapy technique that your child’s specialist feels is a technique that will deliver results.
