15 Tips To Prepare Your Child With Special Needs For Winter Break

15 Tips To Prepare Your Child With Special Needs For Winter Break

The holiday spirit is in the air. The commercials for toys bombard us every day.  The cards and invitations for gatherings arrive in our in-boxes and mailboxes.  All of this means the winter break is right around the corner. Here are some survival tips to help make winter break a little easier and exciting for [...]

Successful Morning Routines For Your Child With Special Needs

Special Needs Morning Routine

When I walk my children to school in the morning, we often see other families getting ready for school, too.  Sometimes we hear crying.  Sometimes we hear parents yelling.  Sometimes a neighbor holding a fussy toddler will ask me to walk her third-grader to school.  Sometimes I’m the one carrying or walking with a crying [...]

The Top 10 Challenges of Special Education Teachers

The challenges of a special educator

The attrition, or “burn-out,” rate for special education teachers is extremely high compared to most other professions. 50% of special education teachers leave their jobs within 5 years. Half of those who make it past 5 years will leave within 10 years. This equates to a 75% turnover rate every 10 years (Dage, 2006). The [...]