A student with Autism once told me, “if it ain’t broken, why fix it?” They were on a reduced schedule as they started High School to “ease their transition.” As the year progressed, their educational team had begun to focus on getting them back on track– picking up more classes in order to “graduate with […]
I saw a child today! A young boy dressed in blue wrapped in safety gear, coal black helmet flashing the sunlight into my eyes. Slamming his foot into the pedals again and again, and again. He pushed against imagined competitors, racing down an abandoned street in his cul-de-sac. A quick turn, he attacked a small
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Boredom: The bane of a parent’s work at home day. You are working at home and your child slumps in… “I’M BORED” How do you respond? Like most parents you probably try to resolve this quickly-before you forget your email, or get distracted from laundry, cooking dinner, and your call. Smiling at Mr. or Miss
Welcome Home- You waited all those months, changed all those diapers, read books, talked to parents , grandparents and neighbors. You’ve been thinking, about your parenting philosophy, learning nursery songs and sign language, studying nutrition and healthy sleeping habits. It is a thrilling, wonderful, stressful world. You may have done everything right. But today..,
Sitting on the floor with a toddler exploring trains. The radio plays music interspersed with local news in the background. The DJ announces evacuations in lower Manhattan …and why. I think it must be a really bad “joke.” —and turn the radio off. Oblivious to the change, he hands me tracks that need fixing. As
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Welcome Home- You waited all those months, changed all those diapers, read books, talked to other parents, grandparents and neighbors. You’ve been thinking about your parenting philosophy, learning nursery songs and sign language, studying nutrition and healthy sleeping habits. You understand that early childhood is the vital time when we lay the behavioral and emotional