What are social skills anyway?
Now I just had the opportunity to attend a 2 day workshop put on by Michelle Garcia Winner, founder of Social Thinking. Although this workshop is not meant to meet […]
Author: loriboll
No, he’s not a piano prodigy
Now: Braden is autistic. Not only is he autistic, but on the spectrum, he would be considered as “severe” or “low-functioning”. What does this mean for him? It means that […]
On the Outside Looking In
Then: When we decided that Indonesia was not safe for our family, we also decided we had to move back to America and try to figure out what was going […]
Around the World with Braden
Then Mike and I love teaching overseas. We started our adventures in Saipan at age 22, taught there for two years, took some time to get our Masters degrees in […]
Green Curry, Please
Then Restaurants. Ugh. All parents dread taking their kids to restaurants when they’re young. A zillion questions run through their minds. “Will he behave? What if there isn’t anything on […]
Guest Post
Now: The following is a story written by a friend of mine; Nancy. I had the pleasure of working with Nancy’s son, Kalin when I worked in an Integrated Learning […]
Around the World with Braden
Then Mike and I love teaching overseas. We started our adventures in Saipan at age 22, taught there for two years, took some time to get our Masters degrees in […]
Our Son is Full of S*&t!
Disclaimer: This post talks a lot about poop. Now Our son is full of Sh*%! And I mean this in the most literal of ways. We have spent the last […]
No today. No tomorrow.
Now The days of the week are off limits at our house. Here is what a typical conversation might sound like if we accidentally let one of those words slip […]