How do you view homework? Do you feel it’s important to your child’s academic success? Or do you feel it’s an encroachment on their time outside of school? Do you feel like homework benefits your child? Is it reinforcing their
How to Improve Communication with Your Child
According to the Oxford University Press Dictionary, communication is “the imparting, sharing or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium.” For families of children with special needs, this process is essential in several relationships. The first
Advocate for Your Child
Parents as Advocates An advocate fights for the rights of someone else, typically someone who is not able to speak for themselves. Children, especially children with special needs, are not always able to speak for themselves. They need an advocate,
School Refusal or School Anxiety?
Anxiety Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome. We have all experienced it at times, and our children do, too. It becomes a problem when it is