Ugh – NOT looking forward to summer at all. But we are trying to have a lot of the routine built into the days as a result.

We’ve never been able to get a lot of extra help, even sitters are few and far […]

STRESSED!! No plans made past the first week (13 hour car trip – each way – with a seriously emotionally disturbed child recently out of residential treatment with unmedicated ADHD). We’ll be seeing biofamily […]

Ready, sorta. Summer is hard here because Micah (3 yrs old) is extremely heat intolerant. So we can’t be outside after 10am usualy, unless he is in the pool (doesn’t like sprinklers yet). Because of this, we are […]

We just went through this this year. The school did several tricky things to watch for:
1) They claimed that since this IEP meeting was to discuss something else, they wouldn’t consider other topics (make sure […]

Hi Beth: Can I ask a few questions?
Your son has an IEP I assume already. What are his primary and secondary disabilities on his IEP? And how old is your sweet boy? Per IDEA law, schools must provide transition […]

I wonder if a waterpick might help my oral averse son…work up to dentist water. Our dentist currently does his teeth with no water.

My 14 year old has anxiety isssues to the max.When we are waiting at our numerous doctor outings is often when these occur.Anything portable yet creative is up there in my book because it calms him and takes his […]

Using a waterpick has helped in our dental hygiene battle and made it much more enjoyable for both mother and child as we have braces. We do hate cavities by the way!!!!