Have you checked out our Groups section yet? It’s easy to create your own parent, play or support group. You can post events, have live group chats and even have your own marketplace for members to buy and sell their gently used items. Unlike other social communities, ours is completely free! Click here for more info. The U.S. Department of Education is seeking your input on technology and education with a focus on universal design for their new National Education Technology Plan.
The Special Needs Store offers hundreds of products and resources for children with special needs and developmental delays. You’ll find products related to daily living, speech and language, PT/OT, music, DVDs, toys and general health.
Do you have resources to share? Add them in our online local resource section! Here are some highlights: Behavior - Over 150 resources for parents, teachers and therapists. Depression - Includes recognizing depression in children, it's impact on learning and helping depressed individuals over the holidays. Employment - 70 resources including articles and videos on career planning, disclosing disabilities and accommodations in the workplace. Future planning - Includes articles on person-centered planning and tips for protecting your child's future. Math - Nearly 40 links including interactive games, graphic organizers and math dictionary for kids. We've redesigned our home page to make it easier for everyone to learn how to find and add resources, network with members and see how resources come to you. We've also added a disability news scroll. Check it out! Any special needs Santa nights or other holiday events coming up in your town? Please share them in our Events section. Just click on Add an event. Let's get the word out about these great community programs!
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You’ll also find H1N1 resources for parents and teachers, Google flu tracker, lesson plans on germs and emergency planning for people with disabilities. Pass along to your child’s teachers and therapists. Thanksgiving and the winter holidays are stressful for all families. But many special needs families also must endure changes in routine, challenging behaviors and logistics issues for people with physical disabilities. Before your stress levels reach unhealthy levels, check out our selection of collected articles on dealing with relatives, managing behaviors and tips for making family holiday gatherings fun. One of our latest groups is created by Robin Riger, a school liaison at Mountain Home AFB who would like to bring special needs military families together to share information and find support. Members, please pass this on to those you know who have a parent serving in the military. "The mobile lifestyle of a military family creates tough challenges for special needs children who may attend as many as 13 schools in 12 years. My hope is that military families may find support and direct answers to questions related to military life and special needs," Robin said. If you are logged in click here to view this group or do a keyword search for "military" in Find a group. Be a contributor to our website! Not only can you find local resources, you can also recommend them too. It's easy to do! Let's do our part to help families this month by recommending churches with good special needs programs. Just click on Add a local resource and choose the Community programs/outreach category. Fill out what you know and select "I found this resource and want to share it with others." Don't forget to write a review too! Between our internal mail system and filters which block out spammers, we usually don’t run into any problems with malicious users. But this past month someone went to the trouble of creating a false identity on the site and contacted some members in parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. A few alert members notified me and the user has been banned from the site. Thanks for keeping an eye out for suspicious emails and I apologize to those who were inconvenienced. We want to keep this site free from unwanted solicitations. Once you label me, you negate me Once someone is labeled, society restricts the individual within the confines of that label. Let's choose to look at people for who they are rather than by their disability label. Find these and other products that highlight qualities and personality rather than disability labels at our Awareness with Attitude CafePress page. Your quote of the month: Dawn Villarreal |
