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Distance Learning or School In-Person? 5 Questions to Help you Decide!
Jul 21, 2020
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"There are no right answers to wrong questions.” – Urusla K. Le Guin
You’ve been presented an impossible task, mama. You’ve been asked to predict the future in a time when our world’s top scientists can’t even paint us a clear picture of what our coming year will hold. You’ve been asked to make a plan for your exceptional child’s schooling, as schools scramble themselves to make their own complicated decisions. We know you will prevail, as you always do, but this is a complicated decision. And for you mamas who have children with ADHD, autism, learning and language differences, or anxiety, this decision is even more complicated and challenging!
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Full-time in-person schooling, or hybrid in-person/distance learning, or full-time distance learning… you, willingly or not, were thrust into distance learning in the blink of an eye this spring. To complicate matters, your child likely needs and receives specialized supports, modifications, and accommodations at school, such as through ...
5 Strategies to Help You Teach Your Child via Remote Learning
Mar 24, 2020
Weekly check in time! How is everyone doing? This week has brought countless changes, and for most of us, a little (or a lot!) of added stress as we adjust to this new “normal.” We are right there with you, and we are figuring it out with our own families too! As schools move forward with plans to implement remote learning, we are getting daily questions from parents, such as:
- How do I support my child with ADHD when they are not motivated to work at home?
- What is the best way to balance my adult responsibilities (working from home, taking care of other children, managing all of this stress) along with making sure my child doesn’t fall behind academically?
- How will my child’s needs be met if they are on a 504 plan or an IEP?
 While we have no expertise in pandemic management, we do know a lot about child development, the parent-child relationship, and special education needs and resources. In trying to think about how we can support you during this time, we decided to bring tog...
