The Special Education Advocacy Blog

Helping our children make changes for their own good often feels like moving at a snails-pace and may resemble watching the Titanic for there are times when our kids need to literally sink before we see improvement. Adolescence by nature, presents a number of...

Canary in the Coal Mine Kids; extraordinary, often sensitive kids living in a highly insensitive world.  It's quite simple.  You see them everywhere: in your classroom and in your home.  Whether they have a ADHD/ADD diagnosis, placed on the Autism Spectrum, or...

      Seriously, what if our kids were actually more enlightened than we give them credit for and their inconvenient behaviors were natural responses to a relatively changing - evolving world? I swim in the disability pool every day as an education...

Since 1962, this is only the second time I have not experienced the Labor Day jitters associated with going back to school, and honestly, I miss the ritual of "the first day back".  Last year was my first year away from this experience. Since five years old, I have...

One of our true American traditions, Back to School, presents a new beginning for students and teachers. For every first day of school shines like no other during the school  year.  Maybe it's the new clothes, the polished halls, or a general belief that "this year...

As a child, my first recollection with the feeling of dread, developed as I began to see the signature signs of Back to School during the dog days of summer; most notably, early August.  I loved summer and the freedom which was part of the experience. To this day,...

We cycle through routines from year to year; so for many parents, August is the Back to School season with all of it's rituals including new clothes, new supplies, and other essentials.  This year, I highly recommend accessing a new thoughts, emotions, and overall, a...