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Advocacy 101: A Mom Became a Special Needs Advocate, Pt. 2
Today, Michelle talks about Caregiver’s Ladder, the parent support organization that sprang from her work as a special needs advocate for children.
Advocacy 101: A Mom Became a Special Needs Advocate, Pt. 1
Over the next few days, Michelle Bartlett shares her advocacy journey. Today, in Part 1 she describes how she became her son’s special needs advocate.
Friendship’s 5 Bes for Befriending Kids with Special Needs
Initiating friendships with kids with special needs is a skill that must be taught. Gillian Marchenko shares ways to befriending kids with special needs.
Redwood Love Notes at Summer Camp
Redwood, summer camp, & love notes don’t have much in common. Unless you’re Scott Newport. He used salvaged redwood to stay close to his son at summer camp.
Adopting Terminally Ill Children: One Family’s Story, Pt. 3
Today Sue Badeau shares lessons she and her husband Hector learned as they grieved after adopting terminally ill children.
Wrestling with an Angel, Part 3
This post is the third in a series where Greg Lucas is answering questions about life with his son Jake. If you haven't read Part One or Part Two, you might want to do that before going any further. In this post, Greg tells us where he and his wife, Kim, have found...
Wrestling with an Angel, Part 2
In the first post of this series, you met Greg Lucas, who blogs at Wrestling with an Angel, and his family. Greg shared some of the story of how their son, Jake, changed their lives and brought them to a crisis point. In this post, Greg tells what happened when God...
Wrestling with an Angel, Part 1
I love to read blogs by parents of kids with special needs. Why? Because the parents are so transparent and so loving as they share their daily struggles. Most of the blogs are written by moms, but recently I ran across one written by a dad, Greg Lucas. Greg blogs at...
Linking PTSD and Medical Trauma, Part 2
PTSD and medical trauma are linked in children who live through medical procedures & surgeries. This post offers parents can use to help their kids.
Linking PTSD and Medical Trauma, Part 1
The link between PTSD and medical trauma is a reality for children and can be exacerbated by these 4 risk factors.