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Special Parents Confidential

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Being a parent of a special needs child or children is an extraordinary challenge. Trying to find help and support in your community and online can sometimes take far more time than you have available. That's why we're here. Think of Special Parents Confidential as your own personal support group. We interview experts on numerous subjects concerning special needs children. You'll find episodes on legal issues, medical issues, educational issues, political issues, religious issues, social issues and specific special needs. Our guests include doctors, lawyers, politicians, educators, advocates, therapists, ministers, and other parents of special needs kids who have ideas to share. We've talked about treatments and therapies, ideas for better education funding, finding support in your community and seeing our kids through every stage of their lives. We are committed to making sure the information we provide you is credible, accurate, evidence based and peer-reviewed.

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Clubfoot, or talipes equinovarus, is a treatable birth defect that affects approximately 150,000-200,000 children each year. When clubfoot occurs the foot is twisted inward and down. For decades the standard treatment for clubfoot... more
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What Is The Michigan Alliance For Families? Trying to get help with the special education process can be very difficult, and potentially expensive. There are dozens of advocacy service businesses and legal firms that specialize in... more
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ADHD Nation, Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the making of an American Epidemic, is a new book by New York Times correspondent Alan Schwarz, that is putting a lot of focus on ADHD and the way it's diagnosed and treated in the... more
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Parenting Concerns Having a special needs child always causes tremendous parenting concerns and a lot of work. Many moments can be incredible, exhilarating, and full of amazing wonder. But it can also be extremely stressful.... more
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Colds. The Flu. Stomach Bugs. What are they, exactly? It seems like every year the season for colds and the flu gets longer. Whether you're a parent of a special needs child or not, our kids are coming down with colds and the flu all year... more
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What is the Nurtured Heart Approach and how can it help? For many kids with special needs the ability to concentrate, even to sit still in class, is challenging. We've given lots of names to these issues: Attention Deficit Disorder. Attention... more
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Sensory Processing Disorder. Virtually everyone has heard of sensory overload, and sensory issues. People who have problems with loud noises, large crowded areas, tastes, textures, strong smells, bright lights, the list goes on. Not A... more
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Soledad O'Brien Interview. A few months ago, while in a doctor's office for a checkup, reading the usual magazines, my wife happened to see an article about Soledad O'Brien. She talked about her son Jackson, who was having issues in... more
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Alix Generous. In 2015, a young woman named Alix Generous gave a Ted Talk speech that has subsequently had over 14 million views. The speech was entitled, "How I learned to communicate my inner life with Aspberger's", and in it... more
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Special Education Rights. For many parents of special needs kids, special education rights continue to be the main cause of concern and worry. Are our kids being given the right accommodations in school? Are the schools being held... more
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