Practical Pointers
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Getting Your Child Ready For School
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In this issue we will give pointers on how to make your special child's school experience as happy and successful as possible.
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Parent and Teacher Relationships
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In this issue we will explore how barriers to an effective parent-teacher relationship arise and how best to work towards a better relationship, one where parents can influence the teacher's involvement with them positively and, in turn, where the teacher can enhance how the parents feel about their special child.
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Managing Your Special Child's Behavior By Ages and Stages
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In this issue we will examine at what age certain behaviors develop, what are reasonable expectations at the various ages and stages along with some suggestions that will foster more age-appropriate behavior in your special child.
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Helping Your Special Child Develop Work Skills
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In this issue we will focus on the kinds of training and types of employment available for the special needs individual.
We'll look at how you as a parent play a critical role in instilling in your special child from an early age the appropriate behaviors, self-help skills and work habits that will help him or her become a responsible worker.
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School's Out! A Survival Guide to Summer with Your Special Child
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Longer days, with freedom from the pressures of work and school, can benefit the entire family.
If, however, summer to you means idle hours and frazzled tempers, then this issue will show you how to make this vacation better than any before.
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Summertime Fun and Learning
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Here's how you can provide a summer of fun and learning for your special child without straining your budget or expending undue effort.
By selecting appropriate activities you can create a home environment where your special child can be encouraged to invent and discover.