Raising Special Kids Blog

This is the Blog version of Raising Special Kids. Follow a father's journey from clueless to advocate with four very special girls and get the latest updates for information on raising special kids. This is the place to go for tips on parenting special needs, disabilities, therapies, activities, resources, special education and more.

Activities for Special Needs Children

What on earth can you do with your special kids? Activities and tips for special needs children.

Learn See Do

The January project is a learn see do board where our family is posting each night in January something that we would like to learn, to go see or do together as a family or for a homeschool activity during the year 2009.

ADHD Camps

ADHD Camps. Summer is a magical time for kids and all kids deserve to experience summer camp. These camps listed here are all geared toward kids with special needs, particularly ADD, ADHD, learning, social, and developmental delays.

Acronyms

Acronyms are just a jumble of letters - a real alphabet soup - until you know what they actually mean. Each specialty seems to have it's own language, and a good portion of the path to understanding involves translations of communication. Translated - figure out what they said!

Start Here

For information from a parents perspective, start here when your child has been diagnosed with a physical, emotional, or developmental disability.

Parenting Special Needs Children

Is there a secret to parenting special needs children? Start your journey to raising special kids.

Bipolar Parent Tips

Bipolar Parent Tips gives you some ideas and tips to help be successful with your special kid with bipolar disorder.

Autism Signs

Early developmental autism signs to look for in your child. These are meant to provide you with the questions to ask your child's doctor.

Assessment Terms

The Assessment Terms used in special education evaluation can be a complete mystery, unless you know what they mean. Here is a Glossary of Assessment Terms to help you find your way.

10 Things Autism

Autism is an extremely complex disorder, so here are 10 things autism every child with autism wishes you knew to help you understand the world from a child with autism's perspective.