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How to Tend to Special Needs Child on Thanksgiving

Raise your hand if you cannot believe we are one day away from Thanksgiving, the official unofficial beginning of the holiday season. I feel like I just shut my door at the end of Halloween and then … BAM, we are talking turkey, stuffing, days off and then … gulp … Christmas. I try to […]

May 11, 2018 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
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Time For A Mid-Year Evaluation

It is officially the middle of the school year. Okay, not officially-officially but to me it is. I find myself looking at the middle of January and realizing that fact and think WOW, that time already. It is after this thought that I know it is time do my mid year check. By this, I mean, I take […]

January 13, 2017 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
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Some of the Best Presents Cannot Be Put in a Box

“That will be five dollars to get into the game.” Weird how those ten words can make me think. Okay, perhaps you might need a bit of background information here. I heard those words as I entered my ten-year-old son’s basketball game this past Saturday. I had not heard those words since last year’s basketball […]

December 12, 2016 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
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How to Plan After-School Activities for Your Special Needs Child (and their friends!)

You know the feeling of the first few weeks of a new school year.  There is the shopping for backpacks and school supplies.  Clothing and shoes and if you are like my son, a great number of very specific shirts.  Even if your child is in a preschool setting, there are still so many things […]

September 19, 2016 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
Tags: AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES, CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, CHILDREN, CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIESELIZABETH'S MONTHLY UPDATES, FALL ACTIVITIES, FALL MADNESS, FAMILY ACTIVITIES, HOME THERAPY, I BELIEVE IN YOU, KIDSKIDS ACTIVITIES, MICHELE GIANETTI, MOTHERHOOD, NON-SPEECH ORAL-MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISESORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY EXERCISES, ORGANIZATION, PARENTING, SIBLINGS, SPECIAL NEEDS ACTIVITIES, SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDSPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN, SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS, SPECIAL NEEDS SIBLINGS, SPEECH THERAPY EXERCISES, THERAPY EXERCISES, TYPICAL CHILDTYPICAL CHILDREN, TYPICAL SIBLINGS, WEEK SCHEDULE

THE BEST GIFT FROM ELIZABETH

As our journey continued, I was able to revisit the “to do” category of a preschool for Elizabeth.  We initially had tried a preschool in our area that had half typical developing children and half special needs children attending.   We had thought it would be a nice fit for Elizabeth as she would get OT […]

November 15, 2014 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
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I BELIEVE IN YOU: ELIZABETH INTRODUCTION

My name is Michele Gianetti and I am a mom to three wonderful children, gifts from God is what we call them.  But our second child Elizabeth is the one who changed our world the most.  She has special needs…specifically Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and dyspraxia.  Our family has been on quite the journey since […]

March 19, 2014 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
Tags: CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, DYSPRAXIA, ELIZABETH, ELIZABETH'S MONTHLY UPDATES, I BELIEVE IN YOU, MICHELE GIANETTISENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SPD, SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD