Parenting
Finding The Right Providers and Therapists for Your Child
This piece originally appeared in: Colorado Parent website, December 2021When seeking help for children with disabilities or special needs, parents are often faced with an overwhelming amount of choices. You might have a general idea of what kinds of therapy are...
5 Things to Know About Special Needs Financial Planning
This piece originally appeared in: Colorado Parent website, March, 2022Parents of children with special needs tend to put much of their focus in the present. There are pressures to make sure the child is in the right school, working with the right therapist, and...
Make the Most of Your Child’s IEP
This piece originally appeared in: Colorado Parent website, December, 2021Many children with disabilities or challenges related to learning in a traditional classroom setting are eligible for individualized education programs (IEPs). The intent of these plans is to...
Day 183: Beautiful Boy, Part 1
This piece originally appeared in: Ps and Q: Parenting, Productivity and Quarantine, September 16, 2020I have been writing this blog for a LONG time. As I’ve said many times along the way, I’m doing it for a few reasons. One reason is that I do want to capture a...
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Finding The Right Providers and Therapists for Your Child
This piece originally appeared in: Colorado Parent website, December 2021When seeking help for children with disabilities or special needs, parents are often faced with an overwhelming amount of choices. You might have a general idea of what kinds of therapy are...
5 Things to Know About Special Needs Financial Planning
This piece originally appeared in: Colorado Parent website, March, 2022Parents of children with special needs tend to put much of their focus in the present. There are pressures to make sure the child is in the right school, working with the right therapist, and...
Make the Most of Your Child’s IEP
This piece originally appeared in: Colorado Parent website, December, 2021Many children with disabilities or challenges related to learning in a traditional classroom setting are eligible for individualized education programs (IEPs). The intent of these plans is to...
Day 187: Beautiful Boy, Part 2
This piece originally appeared in: Ps and Q: Parenting, Productivity and Quarantine, September 21, 2020A few days ago, I told the story of how, in the midst of pandemic, homeschooling and quarantine, we got the additional challenge of learning we are the parents of a...
Day 183: Beautiful Boy, Part 1
This piece originally appeared in: Ps and Q: Parenting, Productivity and Quarantine, September 16, 2020I have been writing this blog for a LONG time. As I’ve said many times along the way, I’m doing it for a few reasons. One reason is that I do want to capture a...
Day 428: Mask Confusion
As of Friday, I'll be fully vaccinated. It will have been two weeks since my second Pfizer shot, and according to new CDC guidance, that means I can for the most part leave the mask behind and be more confident going out in the world. Erin will reach that mark on...
Day 414: Drummed Up
Tuesdays typically are the longest days of the week for Henry. He starts his ABA therapy at 8:30 and wraps up at 11:30, just in time to have a quick lunch and head to preschool. He gets done there at 3pm, and after I walk him back home, he has a couple minutes to grab...
Day 400: The Verdict
I remember way back on Day 76 of this blog, being incredibly rattled by the death of George Floyd and writing a post about it. That was obviously a galvanizing event in a country already struggling through a scary pandemic. It set into motion a summer of protests and...
Day 357: Clean Sweep
On Monday, both kids spent their first few minutes, faces in pillows, saying "I don't want to [do the thing they are supposed to do that day]!" I gently told them it was a brand new week, yes indeed Amelia had to go to school and Henry had therapy. There was another...
Day 287: Ps and Q in Review – Parenting
We are nearly at the end of the weirdest, most challenging year most of us have ever lived through. I tend to get reflective around New Year's, and this year, probably even more so. Ask I reflect back on the year of COVID, I thought I'd spend my last three posts of...
