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Thoughts, musings, and ruminations.
May 3, 2024Dear Regular Education Teacher, Today I received my sons final evaluation from the school district. It’s kind of a big deal because this is the one we need to ensure that his IQ and functioning levels are documented so we can be granted guardianship of him when he turns 18. What this means is...February 4, 2023Y'all. These ice holidays have gotten the best of all of us lately. From Monday midday to Friday midday, we were stuck inside without even a snowy landscape to enjoy. This was NOT fun. So today we met up with some of our other teens and moms of teens with disabilities and set out to explore! ...October 8, 2021Staci Henderson, M.S.CCC-SLP As a pediatric feeding therapist, I have many families who seek my services when they are at the end of their rope with their child’s picky eating. Often the families are frustrated that the mealtime has become a source of frustration, anxiety and not enjoyable for...October 1, 2021Thank you to our 2021 student volunteers who have contributed over 95 hours (and counting) hours this year! Cobb Middle School Sarah Jackson Griffin Middle School Elyse Odland Perryn Cote Lone Star High School Victoria Rott Kassidy Smith ...August 20, 2021My journey like any other mother with a special needs child is a journey and a story in itself – unique as each person involved. I read the word autism sixteen years ago for the first time when I looked up speech delay for my struggling almost 3-year old son, Hamza. A year before that my...June 28, 2021I never win contests. Let me rephrase that: I never win contests for myself. But if I enter a contest with someone else in mind, it is uncanny how often I win! It became a challenge that my family supported wholeheartedly when we realized how much we could benefit those who work with special...September 10, 2020Several years ago, our board members were made aware of a project that had been taken on by Amy Coolidge to provide homecoming mums and garters to students in centralized programs at her children's schools. If you have lived in Texas for very long, you know that this is no small feat! They say...May 9, 2019Once upon a time in a land not so far away, Frisco SAGE helped make dreams come true. But we are getting ahead of ourselves as we were just the helpers in a much larger dream..... Grace Jensen was a senior at Reedy High School in 2019 and had dreamed of hosting a sensory-friendly prom for...
