I speak to many people about health issues, mainly because we always show up in the statistics (so many kids with asthma, autism, ADHD etc) and we have to watch B’s diet carefully to avoid multiple different reactions. Anyway, as I talk to people the conversation will often veer off course to vaccinations. Full disclosure, […]
November is National Adoption Month.
November is National Adoption Month. This is a reminder that we can all take time out to promote adoption and focus on finding children without a family a forever place to call home, a place to feel safe, feel loved, feel wanted, to create an opportunity to have pride in the family unit and to create an […]
What did I get from the Beyond Logic conference yesterday?
“A winter’s day In a deep and dark December; I am alone, Gazing from my window to the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. I am a rock, I am an island. I’ve built walls, A fortress deep and mighty, That none may penetrate. I have no need of friendship; friendship […]
When is autism not autism but just a group of autistic behaviors?
I am confused often, and – not only because of my children. My son was diagnosed at 3 years and 3 months with autism. Certainly he had many of the behaviors associated with autism, and after an all day assessment both at home and at the care center, we left Columbia SC that day in […]
Beyond Consequences, Charlotte NC Parent Class, Oct 29, 2011
An email I received from Heather Forbes: I am very excited to be presenting my Beyond Consequences Live parent training to you on Saturday, October 29! Thank you for signing up and committing this day to you and your family. I promise to deliver an encouraging, hopeful, and fun training. At this point, we still have space […]