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Learn how to advocate for your child with special needs, raise funds for needed equipment and find helpful organizations.

Parenting

Find resources to help you on your parenting journey, including advice on how to find peace as the caregiver of a special needs child.

Development

Support your baby’s advancement through milestones as they develop fine motor, gross motor and communication skills.

Play

Discover fun and creative ideas to encourage play time with toys, light play, music, multi-sensory activities and tactile art.

Behavior

Find resources to help your child manage problematic behaviors by developing social skills and calming strategies.

Health & Nutrition

Find advice on how to manage doctor visits, teach self-feeding skills and discover medical treatments for blind children.

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Featured Posts

A girl with EEG leads on her head.

Special Needs

5 Coping Strategies for Parents of Kids With Epilepsy

Coping with childhood epilepsy can be stressful, but focusing on strategies to support you and your family can positively impact your child’s well-being.

Speech-language pathologist working on child's pronunciation problems.

Special Needs

Your Child’s First SLP Evaluation: What to Expect

Speech-language pathologists will conduct an initial evaluation to determine how a child is using language, understanding language, and interacting with others.

Baby reaching for sensory toys.

Visual Impairment

Developing Multisensory Skills in Blind Babies

Multisensory play, combining sounds and touch, and encouraging reaching and exploration can help your blind baby develop better spacial awareness.

A visually impaired baby boy in PT reaches for a toy.

Development, Visual Impairment

Development Charts for Blind and Visually Impaired Babies and Children

Blind children may have delayed development in several key areas. These development charts outline milestones for visually impaired babies.

Young boy looking at a light up toy in a dark room.

Toys, Visual Impairment

10 Cortical Visual Impairment Toys for Kids With CVI

It's important to choose toys that are relatively simple in design, as complex patterns can be overwhelming for children with CVI.

Happy kids with disabilities in preschool.

Special Needs

Building Adaptive Skills in Children with Disabilities

Adaptive skills are the skills your child needs to care for themselves and gain independence. Children with disabilities may need more help learning these skills.

Latest Posts

Jelly Bean Sensory Bin and Color Sorting

Play, Sensory Activities

Jelly Bean Sensory Bin and Color Sorting

Use this Jelly Bean Sensory Bin and Color Sorting activity to help your child learn their colors. They’ll also strengthen their fine motor skills while playing!

Portrait of an adorable baby girl playing with a toy walker at home.

Fine and Gross Motor

Are Push Walkers Bad for Babies?

Push walkers were created to help babies learn to walk. However, research shows that walkers may actually slow your baby’s progress.

Smiling young Hispanic mom and small ethnic daughter relax on sofa in living room have fun play together.

Autism, Behavior

7 Ways To Stop Your Child’s Perseveration

You can support your child’s perseveration with practical strategies, support, and a better understanding of their behavior.

Internet, family and parents doing research on down syndrome with baby on a laptop in their house.

Parenting

7 Best ChatGPT Prompts for Busy Parents

Has life seemed extra busy lately? Use the best ChatGPT prompts to seek advice, save time, and focus on what’s important.

Children connecting jigsaw puzzle pieces in a kids room on floor at home.

Play

What Is Cooperative Play?

Cooperative play is important for your child’s social and emotional development. Here’s how to encourage cooperative play at your child’s next play date.

Resurrection Water Color Craft

Holiday Crafts and Ideas

Resurrection Water Color Craft

Celebrate Easter with this Resurrection Water Color Craft, perfect for little ones. They’ll love painting the beautiful sky and adding sand to finish it off.

Mom doing gymnastics with kid.

Behavior

My Toddler Keeps Tilting His Head to His Shoulder. Should I Be Worried?

Head tilting in toddlers is often due to torticollis, or tight neck muscles on one side. This can usually be corrected with physical therapy.

Preschool student boy with autism wearing headphones.

IEPs

8 Sample Behavior IEP Goals

Find out how specific, measurable, and attainable behavior IEP goals help your child learn coping strategies and problem-solving skills, leading to more progress.

Easter Egg Greeting Card Craft

Holiday Crafts and Ideas

Easter Egg Greeting Card Craft

Turn your child’s painting into an adorable Easter Egg Greeting Card Craft. With just a few supplies, you can create this fun surprise to send to friends and family.