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• Planning for Your Special Needs Child

  Published: August 13, 2007, 12:06 am

  Tags: Special Needs Children Disabled Children

  children have special needs, the first battle is grasping what those special needs are and how to meet them. The second battle is meeting the costs associated with them. This challenge is generally even greater in families “broken up” by divorce or separation. Ignorance can be very costly to parents and children. And there are

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• Unique Program Facilitates Special Needs Children Attending College

  Published: August 24, 2007, 12:11 am

  Tags: Special Needs Children Disabled Children

  parents worry about their children’s future when and if something should happen to them. In “broken families”, the custodial parent often tends to worry even more. But for no parent is that worry greater than the parent of a special needs child. The College Living Experience, sponsored by the Educational Services of

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• NY: Schools Must Prove They Are Meeting Special Needs Kids Needs If Challenged

  Published: September 2, 2007, 12:25 am

  Tags: Special Needs Children Disabled Children

  Under current law, parents who believe that their special needs student’s public school is not adequately meeting their special needs bear the burden of proving at an administrative hearing that that is the case. That can be a time-consuming and expensive proposition. In New York state, the governor just approved a bill that will shift to

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• Adoptive Mother and Author Advocates Adoption of Special Needs Children out of Foster Care

  Published: November 12, 2007, 9:27 am

  Tags: Adoption, Juvenile Delinquency Or Dependency, Special Needs Children Or Disabled Children

  adoptive parents that many children, particularly special needs children, are waiting for them … and adoption out of the foster care system into loving homes. She would know. She is the adoptive parent of a special needs child herself. Learn more from this PRWeb press release: Best Selling Author Speaks Up For Special Needs Adoption

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• Death Casts a Shadow in the Classroom

  Published: December 13, 2007, 1:12 am

  Tags: Life And Death Issues, Advance Directives, Classroom, Dnr, Disabled Children, Schools

  The Chicago Tribune explores the heated life and death debate over the role of schools and DNR orders. Read Katie's story and decide where you stand on the ethics of medical care for severely disabled/terminal children in the classroom.

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• Deployed Utah Mom Gives Custody of Her Quadriplegic Child to Substance-Abusing Veteran Boyfriend Who Severely Neglects Her

  Published: December 16, 2007, 12:09 am

  Tags: Child Custody, Juvenile Delinquency Or Dependency, Special Needs Children Or Disabled Children

  A Utah mother deployed to Iraq gave legal custody of her 5 year old quadriplegic daughter to her boyfriend, who had previously served in Iraq. Boyfriend reportedly suffered from post traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse problems. Boyfriend allegedly neglected child to the extent that her weight dropped from 35 pounds to 13 pounds. The

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• Parenting a Child with Special Needs

  Published: May 16, 2008, 5:58 am

  Tags: Parenting, Disabled Children, Parenting, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Children, Special Needs Children

  what came our way with our children, I would love them none the less. Here, I will offer you my experience when it comes to parenting a child with special needs. (more…) disabled children, parenting, parenting challenges, parenting children, special needs

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