Special Needs Family Vacation: Flexibility & Small Wins
This was our best special needs family vacation yet—proof that flexibility, preparation, and tiny wins can add up to big confidence. If your family is planning a special needs vacation,…
MICHELE GIANETTI
SPD: Know the Signs, Characteristics, & How to Get Help
TalkTools instructor Monica Purdy, MA, CCC-SLP & mom of three, nurse and author Michele Gianetti, RN have recently been published in Parenting Special Needs Magazine in the July/August 2017 edition.…
TALKTOOLS LIVE WEBINARS 2.0: SHORTER, INNOVATIVE, RELEVANT
We are excited to present TalkTools live webinar offering 2.0! We introduced speech & feeding live webinars in May 2017, starting with subjects like Oral Placement Therapy, Feeding, Autism and…
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…
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.…
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…
Middle School Awaits
It is funny but just as soon as you get used to something, that something changes. I am sure everyone can sympathize with that, right? Well, this is how I…
2 YEARS OLD
As a parent, there is one side of your brain that knows the truth in a situation and there is the other half that can rationalize and adjust reality to…