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Joan Celebi - ArticlesJoan Celebi originally founded SpecialNeedsParentCoach.com in her capacity as a certified life coach for parents of children with special needs. Her goal is to give you the practical strategies you need for successfully navigating life as a parent of a child with special needs and helps you create a manageable, balanced, and joyful life, for both you and your family. Visit Joan at http://www.specialneedsparentcoach.com.
You're welcome to reprint this article, as long as it remains complete and unaltered (including the contact information at the end), and you send me a copy or link to your reprint at joan@specialneedsparentcoach.com. Twelve Tips for Truly Wonderful Holidays for You and Your FamilyMost families of children with special needs, the holidays can get complicated – or even overwhelming. With the holidays comes more than the usual amount of juggling, multitasking, planning, making, going, doing … the to-do list grows fast, and it seems to get longer every year. Twelve Tips for Truly Wonderful Holidays for You and Your FamilyMost families of children with special needs, the holidays can get complicated – or even overwhelming. With the holidays comes more than the usual amount of juggling, multitasking, planning, making, going, doing … the to-do list grows fast, and it seems to get longer every year. 18 Tips for Calming Your Child with Special NeedsChildren with special needs often need help calming down, whether it's after an upsetting incident, during an anxious time, or simply when it's time to settle down before bedtime. But it's not always easy to help a child become calm! With these ideas, you can add to your bag of tricks -- and be ready next time your child needs a little soothing or a quiet moment. These are strategies that have worked wonders, for kids of all ages -- and adults too! 15 Tips for Parents Night When Your Child Has Special NeedsParents night can be intimidating for many parents of children with special needs. A couple of weeks ago I brought it up on Twitter and many said they dreaded Parents Night and some planned to skip it. Dinnertime HarmonyWouldn't you love to turn one of the most hectic times of the day into one of your favorite times of the day? I'll share some of my strategies for making dinnertime less hectic and more enjoyable. Action Step for Parents of Children with Special Needs: Re-Focus on You!As parents of children with special needs, we often put our own wants and needs on the back burner, amidst all that must be done for our children and family in our hectic days and weeks. Over time, that's a recipe for stress overload. Organize Your Car: Action Step for Parents of Children with Special NeedsWell, the school year is officially under way, and along with that comes rides and carpools. What's your car looking like these days? As parents of children with special needs, we often carry a lot of stuff with us wherever we go. Now is a good time to get your car organized. Connecting and Building Relationships with Parents for Better Outcomes in the Children You Work WithIt's well known that when professionals who work with children build strong relationships with parents, better outcomes are often the result. But how do you go about connecting with parents to forge meaningful, long-lasting partnerships? It's not always obvious or intuitive, even to the best or most experienced professionals. Parents of Children with Special Needs: Getting Ready for the School YearGetting ready for the new school year starts earlier when you have a child with special needs. There are so many things to plan ahead for, and people to coordinate with. You'll need to start preparing your child, too. Are We Doing Too Much For Our Children with Special Needs?Recently, a reader wrote to ask me whether we as parents in our society might be doing too much for our children with special needs, particularly in the area of schools and education. Her thought was that "if we do too much for kids, all we do is teach them they can't do for themselves."
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