Back to School Tips for Parents of Children with Special/ Higher Needs.
Happy new year, Recently returned to work from a short winter break and i must confess that even after more than two decades of my working career(of which half of that has been working with children with special needs and their families),I still feel jitters going back to work.It is human and i imagine how much more it must be difficult for children (and their parents included)going back to school after a break. These transitioning challenges to a new school term are mostly present when your child has a higher/special need.After working with these families for a long time and helping them collaborate with school staff to enhance the functioning and participation of their children in the school/classroom set up,find below my top helpful back to school tips. 1.Organize all the paperwork With a new school term comes new meetings,paperwork and documentation for parents to track.This is mostly double for children/students with higher/special needs.Keeping a family calendar of school ev...