Disabilities
Are You Going to Finish Strong?
Nick Vujicic has no arms or legs but provides inspiration to school kids.
Familycapped
Helpful resource for parents with multiple disabled children. Check out Casey’s Place, the Syracuse, NY respite site. It’s named after Casey, who went to NSEEP.
Central New York Coalition for Children with Special Needs
Apraxia-KIDS
Informative website that helps identify and help parents and professionals support kids with apraxia. A speech-related disorder, apraxia can affect many of the muscles in the body.
Central New York Chapter – Autism Society of American (CNY ASA)
Informative web site for local and national support for parents with children with autism. Includes local conference dates, workshops and meeting dates. Sign-up for their newsletter!
National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
Advocacy group to help parents help their child with learning disabilities. Take a look at their featured articles with Parent News, latest research, and articles related to learning disabilities from other sources.
Learning Disabilities Association of Central New York (LDACNY) Educational Consulting Program
Training and support services for parents of children with learning disabilities and related disorders (eg. ADHD, Asperger’s)
Parenting
Parental Resource Web Site
Many sources related to education, special education, and North Syracuse Central School District Information.
UW Extention – Parenting the Preschooler
Interesting .pdf articles on topics such as personality styles, discipline, health/safety, etc. geared just for parents of the preschooler.
Parent Rhapsody
Parenting skills presented through musical mantras. Words & melodies by Charlie Appelstein, MSW.
Sample mantras (from Charlie Appelstein and The No Bad Kid Band):
“Routines”
“Don’t Yell, Gently Tell”
Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS)
Help for the challenging child from the Harvard psychologist, Dr. Ross Greene. You can subscribe to the newsletter, read his books, or even visit Dr. Greene’s center in Newton Corner, MA.
Other CPS web sites include:
Think: Kids, Rethinking Challending Kids
Foundation for Children with Behavioral Challenges
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