Emmalee’s Art-Abration was a Blast!

Emma and Vivian were blessed enough to be invited by a friend to Emmalee's Art-Abration, hosted by Sherry's Craftastic Cottage, this Art-Abration is an annual celebration event for families of children with special needs.  The goal was for the children to enjoy the gift of art and to build friendships in an inclusive environment and is…

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We Visited Santa’s Workshop!

Over the weekend we were able to visit the 4th Annual Santa's Workshop, sponsored by The Inspire Foundation, whose mission is to bring music and the arts into the lives of those with special needs, hosted by Trinity New Life Church, visit lots of fun activity tables that the children thoroughly enjoyed, and see Santa…

School Car Line Challenges

Any parent who has the luxury of being in the school line (particularly during the beginning weeks of school), knows how chaotic and frustrating these lines can be.  There is absolutely no standard between schools on how these car lines are setup and run. So, if you are lucky enough to have to go through…

The ABC’s of ABA

Below is a glossary/collection of ABA terms that are extremely helpful to know as a parent when your child is going through ABA Therapy. ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) - An established science that goes MUCH father than just treating those on the ASD.  if all you know that ABA is a treatment for young children…

A Voice for Vivi

  So, as I mentioned in that oh, so important very first blog post, we are having a very difficult time finding a way for Vivian to effectively communicate with us.  And by effectively, I mean a way she is interested in.  We've heard Vivian use words before, but it's been over a year since…