How far is too far?
When you have a child who needs help, you will do anything for your child. This applies to all children. If your kid shows potential as an artist, parents will provide supplies, enroll the child in classes, or contact a friend who owns a gallery for advice. Parents of children with developmental delays are no different. Well, maybe a little different. We will really go the distance…and sometimes that distance may be too far. Is it too far when we drive our children to appointments with therapists that take 3 hours round-trip — even when there a great therapists in […]
School & nutrition
Finally, a parent-teacher conference where the teacher didn’t recount all of Isabella’s shortcomings. How they have tried every math program available, including the one that I insisted on, and have had zero success. How her inability to stay on topic hinders all of her attempts at class participation. How reading, well, reading — Orton-Gilingham should be working; it works with every other child with dyslexia. I dreaded those meetings. Truth be told, I avoided them. I let the teachers phone me, so they couldn’t see my stricken face. This year, however, I filled out the form to attend the conference and […]
Hello world!
Ever wonder what’s it’s like to raise a child with apraxia, autism, ADHD? Probably yes if you have a child with a challenge or you know someone who does or if you’re a therapist who has dedicated your life to these children. Well, I am both of these people — a mother to a child and a nutrition practitioner. Follow me on my journey of healing my daughter, Isabella Speranza.