by Karena Skibinski | Jan 8, 2025 | Different Dream, How-Tos, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
How can an EA/TEF parent’s anxiety be held in check before their child starts school? Karena Skibinski began asking herself that question several months before her son started preschool. In today’s post, which is part of Different Dream’s ongoing series for EA/TEF...
by Lisa Pelissier | Aug 7, 2024 | Different Dream, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
Special needs homeschooling is full of ups…and downs. Guest blogger Lisa Pelissier knows this from experience. In this post she describes her adventures in homeschooling, which began long before she discovered she had joined the special needs homeschooling tribe. I...
by Lisa Pelissier | Sep 13, 2023 | Different Dream, Encouragement, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
Fighting weariness as a new special needs homeschool year begins makes the whole endeavor feel impossible. That sensation is dragging down guest blogger Lisa Pelissier as she helps her daughters deal with unexpected mental health challenges. Read on to discover how...
by Kristin Faith Evans | Aug 23, 2023 | Different Dream, Grief, How-Tos, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
Managing mixed emotions when our kids with mixed emotions go back to school can be, well, emotional. Guest blogger Kristin Faith Evans is experiencing a wide gambit of those emotions this August and is here to share her best feelings-management techniques with you...
by Maggi Gale | Aug 16, 2023 | Different Dream, How-Tos, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
How much is too much to tell teachers about my child’s disability? Maggie Gale, today’s guest blogger and mom to a daughter with medical special needs, asked that question at the start of every school year. Even though she was a teacher herself, she spent much time...
by Lisa Pelissier | May 4, 2022 | Different Dream, How-Tos, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
Parenting in light of neurodiversity often occurs through trial and error. Today, Lisa Pelissier describes tips she’s learned while trial-and-error parenting her son who has high functioning autism. My son has high functioning autism. He can pass. He seems “normal” to...
