A Teacher’s Mental Health
A teacher’s mental health is a crucial but often overlooked issue. As educators, teachers face unique challenges in their roles...
What Defines A Child’s Disability
Where Hope Grows is a movie about a pro baseball player who is forced into retirement and begins a downward...
What Is Respite Care?
Caregiving is not easy. It’s not easy for the one providing care nor for the one receiving care. Whether you...
Understanding Parents
I was speaking with a mom about her daughter, who has a disability. This mom was lamenting her frustration with...
Destiny… Positivity
As we enter this new age of teaching, and the start of the 2020-2021 school year, I thought it would be appropriate to start the school year with a look at our attitude… for teachers and parents…
The Oddest Place
“Did she come with her glasses on?” That was the question of the day! Why? Because none of us saw Amanda with her glasses on, but her mom swore she…
What Is Respite Care?
Caring for my mother, who had ALS (Lou Gherig’s Disease), was challenging, frustrating, all consuming, tiring, and more, all rolled into one!
Where Are Those Glasses?
“Sarah, stop flushing that toilet!” Well, that’s the price we pay when we teach independence!!! Sarah had learned how to...
Celebrate Reading Month
I did a post about reading to our children which focused on some of the benefits of reading: bonding, intimacy, focus, sitting skills, increased exposure to language, and more.
A Program That Works!
As teachers, who strive to provide the best education for their students possible, we are always looking for better ways to accomplish this task. One such program, that I absolutely believe…