Holly Anderson
Love Notes for Special Parents
As special needs parents, regardless of our child's issues, we all struggle with self-esteem, self-confidence, and emotional meltdowns of our own.
Terry Mauro of About.com: Special Needs Children and Mothers With Attitude has beautifully written 28 "love notes" to us, special needs parents, to help keep us in the right frame of mind, remind us of [...]
What Is Your Identity . . . Today?
As the stay-at-home wife and mother of three boys, I have several identities depending on what day it is: housekeeper, school volunteer, chef, nurse, etc. We all know this. Every mother knows and experiences this. But as the mother of two special needs children, the personas become even more convoluted. And just how comfortable am [...]
Visiting the Dentist With Your Special Needs Child
Most parents of children with special needs are well-versed on finding and choosing doctors for the various issues our children have going on. From neurologists to psychiatrists, the needs of our kids run the gamut.
However, visiting the dentist often falls to the back burner with everything else we have to deal with – especially when [...]
Coping With Special Needs Parenting
Parenting a child with special needs – whatever those needs may be – is an endeavor that few of us chose. Most of us had to adapt rather quickly to learn to deal with this new life of ours; an adaptation that is ongoing.
We have to constantly educate ourselves on our child's condition, keep abreast [...]
Infant Hearing Loss
Infant hearing loss can be difficult to identify and even more difficult to deal with. However, immediate and early intervention can make a world of difference for these children.
The child with “normal hearing” is bombarded with words from the moment his parents hold him, seconds after his birth. Certainly, he does not understand their words, [...]
College and A.D.H.D.: Can It Work?
Many of us have children who have struggled with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD) for years and are facing the question of whether college is a feasible option for them.
Daily hurdles of organization, staying on task, remembering homework, and other non-academic issues make the idea of sending our kids with ADD to [...]
Ever Evolving: Special Needs Children and the Impact On Us, part three.
This is the third in a series on the impact of special needs on parents.
Parenting special needs kids, no matter what their issues are, is rough. It takes its toll. Seemingly every decision we make has serious consequences. We have to know our stuff and are constantly searching, researching, employing trial and error, seeking new [...]
Ever Evolving: Special Needs Children and the Impact On Us, part two.
This is the second in a series on the impact of special needs on parents.
As parents of children with different needs than typical kids, we tend to think beyond what most parents probably do. Overthinking issues is an activity we engage in regularly – sometimes out of necessity, sometimes out of habit.
This is usually a [...]
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