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How Chess Can Help Kids With ADHD, Autism, Down Syndrome, and Other Special Needs Build Back-to-School Confidence

How Chess Can Help Kids With ADHD, Autism, Down Syndrome, and Other Special Needs Build Back-to-School Confidence

Chess is often thought of as a game for prodigies, future grandmasters, or children who already show a natural... Read More

Getting Ready to Go Back to School: Students with Disabilities

Getting Ready to Go Back to School: Students with Disabilities

Students with disabilities may struggle with the changes associated with starting a new school year. This is e... Read More

Supporting Children with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in School: Advice for Parents

Supporting Children with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in School: Advice for Parents

Supporting children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) throughout their school journey is both rewarding... Read More

The Power of Following a Child's Lead

The Power of Following a Child's Lead

I had been working with Max (name changed to protect his privacy) for a little over a month. He was a sweet, b... Read More

Service and Assistance Animals Can Help People with Disabilities At School

Service and Assistance Animals Can Help People with Disabilities At School

Understanding the Difference Between Service Dogs and Assistance/Support Animals  Service animals are tr... Read More

Back to School for Children with Visual Impairments

Back to School for Children with Visual Impairments

The beginning of a new school year offers new opportunities, as well as challenges. When a child has a visual... Read More

Back to School, Back to Talking: How to Support Speech and Language Skills at Home for Parents of Children with Language Delays or Disorders

Back to School, Back to Talking: How to Support Speech and Language Skills at Home for Parents of Children with Language Delays or Disorders

As backpacks are stuffed with shiny new pencils and lunchboxes are labeled for the new school year, there&rsqu... Read More

Is it Dyslexia? Five Unusual Signs

Is it Dyslexia? Five Unusual Signs

If you ask people what dyslexia is, many will tell you that it’s when a person writes letters backward o... Read More

Effective Approaches for Children with ADHD

Effective Approaches for Children with ADHD

In the journey to understand and support children with ADHD,* it is crucial to recognize that their experience... Read More

Resources to Support Identification and Referral of Children Who Are Deafblind

Resources to Support Identification and Referral of Children Who Are Deafblind

“Deafblindness is not the sum of its parts – it’s a completely separate disability, and it&r... Read More

Helping Kids with Developmental Disabilities Prepare for a New School Year

Helping Kids with Developmental Disabilities Prepare for a New School Year

Summer break is in full swing and while many families are enjoying a break from the early morning alarms, some... Read More

Our Journey in Camo: Forging Our Own Path

Our Journey in Camo: Forging Our Own Path

Over the last few weeks, it has been bittersweet to open the mailbox each evening, to find another high s... Read More

Elijah’s Mom Shares Back to School Prep for Children with ASD

Elijah’s Mom Shares Back to School Prep for Children with ASD

In July, I started to prepare for my son to go back to school. There are things to consider when any child is... Read More

Bullying: How You Can Take Action To Identify, Address and Prevent This Destructive Behavior

Bullying: How You Can Take Action To Identify, Address and Prevent This Destructive Behavior

As we prepare to return to school, it is critical to ensure all children, including those with disabilities, a... Read More

Creating Success with Classroom Expectations: Five Inspiring Children’s Books for Students with Disabilities

Creating Success with Classroom Expectations: Five Inspiring Children’s Books for Students with Disabilities

As special education professionals, we recognize the significance of teaching expectations and fostering posit... Read More

Dyslexia Screening: What Parents, Teachers, and School Principals Need to Know

Dyslexia Screening: What Parents, Teachers, and School Principals Need to Know

When Chloe was in kindergarten, she was not able to keep up with her classmates in learning the letter names a... Read More