Special Needs
Finding Peace in Your Choices: Embracing Decision-Making as a Parent of a Medically Complex Child
The strain of making choices for a medically complex child is real. Learn how to build confidence in your decision-making abilities by embracing your role.
Health & Nutrition
Making Medicine Manageable: Teaching Kids To Swallow Pills
Teaching your child how to swallow a pill is an important skill as they grow older. Find out how to do it here.
Behavior, Special Needs
How You Can Assist a Family Through Pediatric Mental Health Crises
Children may experience mental health crises for a variety of reasons. Even without psychiatric training, you can make a difference in a child’s life.
Behavior
Recognizing Borderline Personality Disorder in Children
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is usually diagnosed in early adulthood and is marked by extreme emotions and unstable relationships.
Eye Conditions and Syndromes, Visual Impairment
Anophthalmia: Navigating the Path from Diagnosis to Adaptation for Parents and Their Children
Anophthalmia is a rare disorder that results in childhood blindness. Early intervention services are important to help your baby maximize their potential.
Eye Conditions and Syndromes, Visual Impairment
What is Visual Sensory Stimulation?
Age-appropriate strategies to develop a person’s visual processing abilities are an important part of meeting the body’s sensory needs.
Eye Conditions and Syndromes, Visual Impairment
Stargardt’s Disease: Navigating the Challenges of Juvenile Macular Degeneration
Stargardt’s disease is the most common form of inherited retinal disease. Many accommodations are available to help with low vision and vision loss.
Feeding and Eating
Unexpected Foods That Cause Allergen Cross-Reactivity
A variety of unexpected foods and environmental substances can trigger an allergic reaction through cross-reactivity to food proteins.
Feeding and Eating
Easing Anxiety for Families Facing Food Allergies
Ongoing physical preparations and speaking openly about anxiety can ease the transition from diagnosis to living well with a food allergy.
Feeding and Eating
Empowering Kids to Self-Manage Severe Food Allergies
With time, practice, and support, kids with food allergies can successfully manage their condition and necessary accommodations. Learn how right here.
Feeding and Eating
6 Tips for Food Allergy Safe Playdates
Food-allergic children can host and attend playdates. Open communication with the other child’s parents is important to ensure your child’s safety.
Cooking and Kitchen Play, Feeding and Eating
13 Best Gluten-Free Snacks for Kids
The best gluten-free snacks for kids combine nutrients found in fruits and veggies with protein to provide optimal fuel for a growing child’s body.
Feeding and Eating
Avoiding Cross-Contamination for Kids With Food Allergies
Preventing exposure to food allergens through cross-contact can be done successfully through thoughtful planning and careful food preparation.
Feeding and Eating
Decoding Food Labels When Your Child Has Food Allergies
Time and practice are necessary to accurately interpret the presence of major food allergens on a product or food label.
Feeding and Eating
Cooking for Kids With Severe Food Allergies
Label reading and thoughtful food preparation are important when cooking for a child with severe food allergies.