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11/12/19

Self Care for Parents of Kids with Special Needs

If you follow me on Instagram then you’ll understand why I haven’t posted here in a while and why we’re gonna talk about the importance of taking care of yourself. Personally, this year has been brutal. From seriously injuring my shoulder to a cancer scare (not sick-huzzah!) to my father’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, the needs of my children and my husband… Read More

08/19/19

How I Prepare for an IEP Annual Review

Once you’ve got an Individual Education Plan (IEP) in place for your child, it can be reviewed and updated whenever any member of the IEP team (including you) requests, but at a minimum, it will be updated annually.  The IEPs for my kiddos are due in November and January respectively; however, I received two calls from the school last week about… Read More

06/19/19

3 Tips for Dealing with Family Emergencies

I shared just a bit of this in my stories on Instagram a couple weeks ago, but I knew there was more to it than could be shared in 15-second clips. It’s taken me this long to decompress a bit from dealing with the latest family emergency. Now that I have, I wanted to put it into a post that… Read More

06/11/19

5 Tips for Starting a New School Year Right

Thinking about the new school year already? Well, we’re in the thick of the summer, Mamas. I hope you’re having fun and checking items off the Summer Bucket List daily! But many of us (parents and kids alike) are already thinking about the upcoming school year. And if you’re like me and have kids like mine, you’re also worrying about… Read More

02/18/19

How to Advocate with Politicians

Some of you may (or may not) know that I’m very active in our local Special School District Parent Advisory Council, serving our whole county this year as the President. At one of our meetings, I had the pleasure of listening to a presentation from an organization called Education PLUS about how to successfully advocate for your beliefs and children… Read More

11/19/18

How we decided to do a ADHD medication-free school break

I’ve known I needed to write this post for the last 4 weeks, heck for the last 4 MONTHS. I’ve known that if I share why we did what we did and how we did it, and if I could adequately express the mixed-up jumble of emotions that I felt as a parent that it would help others. Perhaps it… Read More

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Rebe is the author of the upcoming book, "Lanterns on the Dark Path: Your Guide to Advocating for your Special Needs Child" and shares her passion for reading, technology, travel and living a full, rich life at artfullylivingwell.com. She's an Air Force Veteran, Francophile, (mostly) loving wife and the proud mama of two vibrant boys, a scaredy-cat, and a lab who is captain of the welcoming committee.

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