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Prayers for Guidance

Although it's been many years since I was a regular church goer, I pray almost every day. For families, friends, everyone in the same crazy boat as I. Sometimes I pray for patience, inspiration, or to be a better perso…
Teaching An Autistic Child

Teaching an autistic child requires creativity and an understanding of the child’s strengths and weaknesses. You can not take one program and use it with all autistic children. Each program needs to be designed s…
Rewards Program for Children with Autism

Do you remember getting presents or special privileges for making good grades in school? If so, do you remember how proud you were when your hard work paid off? Me, too, which is why I was so excited when Connor&rsquo…
My daughter probably has a learning disability

I am happy to report that so far this week is going exponentially better than last. Big Brother is back home and doing much better. His meds were tweaked, along with his attitude, and it looks like we'll be getting…
A fine line...

As the parent of two children on the autism spectrum I walk a fine line every minute of every day. I never know what is going to happen or when. There are lots of books and people out there, who will tell you that yo…
IEP Coming Up

Sammy's IEP is coming up. he's going through all the testing at the school. So far we know he is doing OK in speech and that his syntax and grammar has improved drastically (please God don't let him test out of speech…
Moving Upward

We have what might be one of the most important IEP meetings of Little Miss’s life coming up the first week of March: transition into junior high school. She’ll be moving from the school with the autism…
Things that Drive Me Crazy

So, I've been slacking in my writing, which I am not proud of. I know that I have had some changes here at Ninja Headquarters which have altered my patterns. I don't have a schedule with which to follow, so I'm writin…
Shall we tell you the Good News or Bad News?

No one could ever accuse me of having a boring life. Ever. Why we have so many ups and downs here we make even the scariest rollercoaster look tame. Once again, it's been a while since I posted last. And once…
No placement

Ava will be three on January 30. And, as of now, we have no placement for her. For those of you not familiar with special needs issues, when a child turns 3, he/she is entitled to a FREE, APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATIO…