Individual Education Plans can be VERY confusing for parents AND teachers and most parents are anxious, confused, and feel inadequate when they go into an IEP. I am a former teacher and am now in the role of a parent. I never thought that I would be the parent of a special needs child nor would I be...

Many children with autism, SPD, and ADHD also have an underline disorder of visual processing disorder that is often missed and even misdiagnosed. I have heard parents in my Special Needs playgroup tell me that their Occupational Therapist’s respond to them with comments like “oh, he just...

Auditory Processing, like visual processing, can be difficult to diagnose. In fact, auditory processing most often goes hand in hand with visual processing disorder because they are both neurological disorders and the problems actually overlap in the areas of memory, discrimination, attention, and language....

I spoke to one of my readers via email and she stated that she would LOVE some information on how to make her classroom more special needs friendly even through she has a regular education classroom. I also thought that some of you would love some information for your children’s teachers…I...

It can feel overwhelming when your child first receives a learning difference diagnosis such as ADD/ADHD, Dyslexia or Sensory Processing Disorder.  Of Different Minds: Seeing Your AD/HD Child Through the Eyes of God by Maren Angelotti, M.A.T. reminds parents that God does not make mistakes, then guides...

Now that you know a little about Auditory Processing (and I say little because there is too much information out there that I have only scratched the surface) where do you go to get help? Unfortunately, audiologists can not make a reliable diagnosis of Auditory Processing Disorder, or Central Auditory...

Common Areas of Difficulty: Phonological Awareness: Inability to recognize or isolate individual sounds in a word, recognize similarities between words, or identify syllables in words. Auditory Discrimination: Inviability to recognize different sounds and identify words that are different from each...

An email from one of her teachers was a significant clue. When I look back at the past few weeks, there were other clues, but I failed to see them. I was too busy, running behind my kids in a vain attempt to keep up with life. Frustrated with her lack of following through with routine tasks, I grounded...