These 10 tips can help you understand ASD and guide your elementary-aged child with autism through the early school years.
Parenting Special Needs Kids
Kids with special needs can struggle during school breaks and holidays because a loss of routine and changing schedules. How can parents ease this transition for their kids?
Having your toddler assessed for autism is the first step in understanding how to help them thrive with ASD.
When your baby seems behind on developmental milestones, it can be hard to know whether to wait or ask for help. Early intervention for babies can help identify delays, support your child’s development, and give parents practical tools during the early years.
Parenting a child with developmental delays can be challenging. The good news is that help is available for your child.
Raising teens with autism takes patience and an ability to expect the unexpected. It’s a hard road, but a road with honor.
Childhood cancer brought the presence of God in ways they never knew existed.
I knew my daughter was struggling emotionally, but I had no idea about the extent of her depression.
The middle grades can be an especially difficult time for any child. But for tweens with autism this time can produce even greater challenges. Learning how to deal with the school environment is key in helping these kids find their place in society and experience success.
Autism in females can be diagnosed and supported in young girls and teens. Girls with autism need to be highlighted and understood.
Autism and your church can co-exist. Your church can become a place where families with autistic kids feel included and loved.
Caregiving for a child with autism may seem overwhelming. But there is hope and help for parents with a child with autism.
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Describing how his world was turned upside down when his son was diagnosed with severe autism, Jason Hague talks about living with a broken heart and seemingly unanswered prayer, and shares lessons he’s learned about the challenges and joys of parenting a special needs child while relying on God for strength and hope.
Darren and Stacey Gagnon share their inspiring story of adopting five special needs children as they discuss their extensive involvement with foster care and helping kids who’ve experienced abandonment and trauma. They encourage listeners to consider how they, too, can support children in need of families.
We saw him fall in and start to go underwater. Benjamin did not know how to swim. Suddenly, every parent’s worst nightmare was playing out in front of me.
Moms have the same fundamental desire: safety and the best for their kids. But women with disabilities and those in poverty lack the same opportunities.
While motherhood usually includes plenty of challenges, most women are not prepared for the crises that may occur. As moms learn to adjust to motherhood in difficult situations, they will often find joy in unexpected places.
With the prevalence of teen suicides, parents can’t help but wonder, even worry, about their teen and depression.
Amid these stories from other parents, you’ll find tips and tools in the areas of schooling, church, balancing the needs of your disabled child and the needs of your other children, coping when your circumstances have become too hard and encouragement in developing friendships.