Special Needs

How to Avoid Burnout as a Special Needs Parent: 7 Tips | Burnout symptoms can range from loss of motivation, to adrenal fatigue, to struggles at work. If you’re a caregiver for a child with special needs, no matter how much you love them, it can take a toll. Fortunately, there are ways to avoid burnout including stress management techniques, self care, and changing your routine for your physical and mental health. Don’t ignore the signs of burnout. You need to recover and this post will help.

How to Avoid Burnout as a Special Needs Parent: 7 Tips

9 Ways to Support Siblings of Kids with Special Needs | Siblings have special yet complicated relationships, which can be amplified if one of them has special needs. It’s important to discuss their feelings, set aside time for each child, and help them understand their sibling’s disability. This can help them connect and build their relationship with their sibling and feel supported by you. If you’re a mom or dad wondering how to support children with differing needs, take a look at this post.

9 Ways to Support Siblings of Kids with Special Needs

9 Strategies to Support Kids with Au-ADHD | Au-ADHD is a fairly new term used to describe someone who has both autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Both of these neurodevelopmental disorders impact behavior, social, and communication skills, with an overlap in symptoms including sensory processing challenges, hyper-fixation, stimming, fidgeting, friendship challenges, problems with emotional regulation and executive function, etc. Click to learn more with tips to help you cope

9 Strategies to Support Kids with Au-ADHD

7 Dysgraphia Tips and Tools for Parents and Teachers | What is dysgraphia? What are the signs and symptoms? How is it different than dyslexia? And what accommodations can be made to help kids learn, both at home and in the classroom? We're answering all of these questions, and we link to additional occupational therapy activities and resources, including activities to improve fine motor skills, handwriting activities and tools, and handwriting alternatives like self-paced typing lessons.

7 Dysgraphia Tips and Tools for Parents and Teachers

35 Best Mahatma Ghandi Quotes | If you're looking for inspirational and motivational words of wisdom, this post is for you. Also known as the 'Father of India', Mahatma Ghandi was loved for his humble simplicity and peaceful nature. We've curated our favorite Ghandi quotes about peace, life, love, loss, strength, friendship, happiness, and freedom.

35 Best Mahatma Gandhi Quotes to Motivate and Inspire You

PANDAS and PANS 101 | PANS (Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome) and PANDAS (Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome associated with streptococcus) are both autoimmune disorders that disrupt neurological functioning and cause a sudden onset of OCD symptoms seemingly overnight. Both syndromes share many similarities with some key differences, and this post outlines the signs, symptoms, possible causes, and available treatment options.

PANDAS and PANS 101: 26 Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment Options

Everything You Need to Know About PDD-NOS | Also known as Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified, PDD-NOS was a part of the autism spectrum before 2013. It referred to someone who presented autistic traits but didn’t completely meet the criteria for other disorders such as Asperger's. This post has tons of helpful information, including the signs, symptoms, possible causes, and treatment options for someone who has what was once called PDD-NOS.

PDD-NOS 101: 12 Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment Options

Autism Masking 101 | AKA 'autistic camouflaging', this type of masking involves hiding certain autistic traits to appear more neurotypical or “normal” to society. It's an autism coping strategy many use to fit in, making friends, advance their careers, and create and maintain relationships. While helpful, it can lead to autistic burnout, loss of identity, and other mental health concerns. This post includes the signs and symptoms and 8 tips to help you 'unmask' and accept yourself as you are.

Autism Masking 101: 17 Signs, Symptoms, and Tips to Help

14 Ways to Help a Child with Central Auditory Processing Disorder | If your child suffers from CAPD, and you're on the hunt for tips and ideas to help him or her at home and in the classroom, this post is a great resource. We're sharing tons of information - What is CAPD? What are common signs, symptoms, and causes? - as well as testing options, activities, and strategies parents and teachers can use to help a child understand and process verbal information better.

14 Ways to Help a Child with Central Auditory Processing Disorder