Monthly Archives: August 2016

Top ten hopes for the new school year

Twas the night before school starts, when all through the house not a creature was stirring… Heck, who am I kidding.  Everyone is still stirring.  There’s an air of excitement, despair, hope, and sadness.  No one is really ready for the summer to end.  Summer brings about more carefree days spent with family and who […]

What is inclusion and why does it matter?

Inclusion. It’s a word that is stressed by parents of special needs often. It’s simple. Inclusion is the act of including. Inclusion means feeling part of something larger than yourself and feeling like you belong. It’s a feeling, we all take for granted, but if we never had that sense of belonging, it would make a seriously detrimental impact on our lives.

When It Clicks and Abstract Ideas Become Concrete

Most children on the spectrum, learn best by really repetitive teaching like ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis).  Brian responds well to this and has learned many things over the years, that some professionals tried to say he’d never learn. However, sometimes children on the spectrum have a really hard time generalizing what they are learning.  What […]