- s/o for ADHD do you tell siblings? How?
- Finding a school that meets your child's needs
- Adderall: we are starting, any tips or suggestions?
- Therapy - is this progress or a "honeymoon" phase?
- Full of Gas...Help!
- Omega 3-How long do notice affects?
- Autism and Potty-Training
- wiggle seat/cushion
- IEP meeting-finally progress, but so exhausting
- Help with evaluation review
- Organizing medical files
- Chewing on Everything?
- Any experience with beta blockers?
- house rules
- Non Verbal Processing Disorder and ADHD -- btdt?
- Sorry, a different friend, ABA floor therapy or other?
- Resources for a friend
- Cross posted in BP-Agency A, please talk to agency B
- Anxiety/Depression and the Decision to Medicate
- Growing up
- Auditory Working Memory Problems - How To Proceed
- aide, teacher, parent duties
- Celebrating Unusual Interests
- insurance coverage for group speech
- discounted iPad apps
- What If...
- Anyone use Vayarin for ADHD or autism?
- Yale's Autism & Related Disorders class free on iTunes U
- Breakthrough!! Greenbean pooped on the potty!
- Child's disability and my work
- services and down time
- visual instructions
- ADHD... and sleep... and medications
- instructional aides
- Noisy classrooms and helping SN kids cope
- Update and more questions!! DS behavior and a starting place
- what is CBT?
- gah! is this even legal?!
- New Behavior, not sure what to do
- ADHD meds question
- Help...First grade, suspensions
- Ideas on how to organize dd's file/evals, etc
- Do you force your kids to go to school?
- Fidget toys
- Potty training a special needs kid
- Funny conversation at doctor's office
- PhD made progress with the school for us
- What causes the oral fixation?
- Some kids like going to the zoo...
- Update: Is there ever a reason not to get evaluated?
- Update on DS
- IEP for "very low IQ" ?
- Some concerns about 4.5yo DD
- Are there School Services I Can Access?
- daily home OT for regulation
- struggling with immobilizing fears
- Weighted blankets
- IEP response timelines
- Does your family/DC participate in research projects?
- An open letter to a parent of a child with speech delays
- interesting autism research
- How do you cope with the uncertainty?
- Starting over with supplements. Anyone BTDT?
- to prompt/correct or not?
- Moms of ADHD kids: Any luck with Stratera?
- Suggestions for Lycra swings for in-home therapy use?
- small problem - any ideas?
- anyone here done MB12 shots?
- end of my rope
- Technology for handwriting difficulty: Alphasmart Neo/Dana, other?
- UPDATE: Already Referred for IEP -- What Do I Need to Know, help please!
- Generic Concerta?
- Vyvanse, anyone?
- C8 Sciences Activate program?
- Advice on coaching a soccer team - second grader with autism on the team
- Ever felt like just giving up?
- Daytrana Info
- Need help with handwriting- any suggestions?
- Dear Special Ed Administrator
- Experience with non-stimulant meds for ADHD
- What does this test result mean?
- Anyone ask for a new placement
- 3rd update/dilemma/ in #22-progress undone -IEP changes made without my consent
- What to consider when deciding whether or not to hire a spec ed lawyer?
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Update in #15 - Use of voice to text software in school
- Email from OT - How Would You Proceed
- Tell me about hiring a tutor for a special needs child
- DS is chewing/fiddling like crazy
- Gifted screening...again (plus ADD)
- Title 1 schools--helpful or not for kids with learning disabilities
- jekyll & hyde
- IEP strategies link
- Weighted blanket recommendation?
- How to approach/what to ask prospective middle school principals
- Childcare for older kids?
- Are there other conditions that seem to be frequently found in kids with SPD?
- DS1 dx with dyslexia -- BTDT?
- is this typical-2 weeks for report from testing?
- Looking at middle schools--what do you think
- g&t?...where to try and start...
- Spec ed teacher thinks dd is just avoiding :-(
- Audiory processing/other special ed apps?
- update-first day of meds: so we have an official diagnosis!
- ADHD plus anxiety?
- "disabled" child and taxes
- social skills groups?
- Considering the next level up (of service)
- Tell me about Developmental Pediatricians
- Intermittent FMLA
- Special dyslexia school/labeling
- How did you find a good child CBT therapist?
- Inclusive school
- tics with ADHD meds?
- academics for 5yo with ASD
- DS2 likely has language based learning issue ENOUGH ALREADY
- WWYD: Spec ed teacher leaving right after promises were made?
- Children with Dif. Interests from Peers . . . and Strain on Parents!
- How would you have handled this situation?
- Can anyone help me understand C-TOPPS scores?
- Nighttime Bedwetting Help
- Autism like symptoms but without the language or social delay?
- Behavior change w/ ADHD meds
- has anyone had their child on intuniv?
- Dr. Lorna Wing - R.I.P.
- starting an eval process - any tips for first appt
- therapy and practice at home
- How Do You Keep from Blowing your Top with Therapists, Schools??
- Just registered DS for 2 weeks of overnight camp - excited and nervous
- Updated Down the services rabbit hole -- help with an IEP first time?
- Anxiety meds
- any thoughts on these specific "tests"?
- New to IEP process, question about ESY
- Planning for the future (care and money)
- check in!
- Preparing for another round of no answers
- Finding the Best School District to Deal With Your Child's Needs
- Fast ForWord
- What form(s) does your child's anxiety take?
- 2 questions
- does anyone have a good source for understanding therapy
- Visual Processing Disorder
- Dyslexia web site
- Anyone Tried Yoga Class for their Kid?
- Anyone familiar with non verbal language disorder?
- How do you keep yourself from getting hurt feelings from a child?
- update in OP DD diagnosed with ADHD too...
- Summer homework?
- Update in #10--try to stick with this agency or not
- Having my initial IEP meeting this afternoon...
- advocate help -- totally worth it! any experience with interm plan pre IEP?
- Controlling emotions during therapy or other meetings when DC is present
- FAPE violation in the county where we used to live--not surprised.
- ADHD Meds...Having Trouble Finding the Right Balance
- When, if at all, did your DC develop social issues?
- thank you!
- X-Post What is legally required to revoke permission to exchange info
- Advice for evaluation, possible dyslexia - not for me
- Could really use some guidance here...
- not great start
- Ideas about what to request for Handwriting Accomodation/Help?
- Which Wrightslaw video for training?
- UPDATE: Reading Recovery Program? Advocacy tips? Talk me off ledge
- IEP Parents: Do you refrain from complaining?
- low adaptive score--and I'm sad
- Busy Toddler - may have sensory issues
- DS2 behavior
- Middle school confusion
- how do you manage your other kids
- Finally good news from school
- Are there any good on-line schools for kids with learning disabiliites?
- Autism services and accommodations in middle school
- ARGH IEP is killing me
- Anyone Have Thoughts/Experience re 2E Kids?
- deleted double post
- I can't stand the (mis)behavior. LONG.
- Who to talk to/how to handle this school issue?
- Any experience with ED classrooms? Update in #16
- Pragmatic Speech
- Summer Care for SN children
- THAT kid article
- S/O Meds: Before and After?
- Low tone or core strength
- How Much Do You Spend Out of Pocket per year on Child's Special Needs?
- WISC Results Help
- Supposed to start dd on methlyphenidate--lots of hesitation on my part
- What would you say to this mom/friend if anything?
- If you have a special needs child,
- Samsung releases app to help autistic children
- At a loss of how to teach DS self control
- UPDATE in OP: handwriting grip
- Did I do the right things/questions about re-evaluation
- Does the parent "case management" load ever decrease?!
- Update in 1.....Test Results, How long did you wait.
- Finding reading material for an advanced but young reader
- What are you doing to maintain/increase weight for your ADHDer on a stimulant?
- Thoughts on this outside the box placement idea (Long)
- Selective mutism
- Hearbuilder Question
- DS Reading on Grade Level Now!
- Do you have to do a lot of reminding/be the tickler system for your child's team?
- How Long did it take your child to go through Wilson Reading?
- Making a 504 plan?
- DS1 is being mainstreamed! First day in a general ed classroom is tomorrow.
- Kids with ADHD and homework. Any tips so I don't lose it?
- DS2 is having a bad day
- Adderall and Tics
- Autism Acceptance Day - because awareness is not enough
- Have social/language groups helped? How?
- What distinguishes ADHD from high functioning autism?
- Official diagnosis -- sad
- How do you prioritize short term and long term support needed?
- Did Sensory OT work for your kid?
- IEP meeting help please-- feeling stupid and inadequate
- WWYD DS2 says his teacher is "threatening" him
- Can an IEP meeting result in a 504? *UPDATE in #8
- What a difference a year in the right school makes
- special needs and other parents, help me think through this possible job/relocation!
- Finally we are going to get some answers!
- UPDATE: Math people help me out here!
- Bookshare! It's amazing for anyone with a print reading disability!
- Not dyslexia/dysgraphia, but possibly attention, tracking, processing speed!
- starting Tenex tomorrow...I'm nervous
- WWYD: Band or support class?
- Re-eval and what would you ask for?
- Moving at time of IEP update??
- Meeting Notes
- Dragon naturally speaking software
- Tablet help for special needs children
- Update thread
- tenex and/ior clonidine - OPPOSITE effect on sleep...anyone else?
- atlantic article on schools and IEP/504 plans
- puberty and special needs
- WWYD: dd clashing with special ed teacher
- Aphasia
- The end of an IEP / Resource Room
- Auditory Processing Disorder evaluations
- Please help - do you have any opinion about therapeutic school?
- What do you do when the teacher has a "bad" report?
- oops, double post
- IEP help
- ADHD supplements?
- Going to be starting ADHD meds, need some hand holding
- Evekeo? Update in 2 & 6
- Advocacy Resources...
- Any BTDT Focalin XR?
- Update in 8. And now Intuniv, could use some P & PT this goes well
- Recommendations for ear plugs or ear muffs?
- neuro psych eval results - zoloft? ADHD, Anxiety, Intermittent Explosive Disorder
- we're adding Ritalin...what to expect