Our sons and daughters may be as rare as a true Blue Moon, more like their same age peers than they are different, and as ordinary as buttered bread. Not all parents are alike, so why should they be? Let us celebrate the diversity we find throughout our families and neighborhoods this summer, sharing our favorite traditions and creating new ones. Thank you for subscribing to the Special Needs Children newsletter. You are an important link between families, advocates, teachers and medical professionals.

Pam W
SE of Seattle

Here's the latest article from the Special Needs Children site at BellaOnline.com.

Printing and Cursive Handwriting for Children with Special Needs

Children with special needs have shown great success in learning to print and write in cursive when given the support, encouragement and tools that should be readily available to them as well as their mainstream classmates

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art51023.asp

Teaching Handwriting to Children with Special Needs
Children may have difficulty learning handwriting due to physical or neurological immaturity, motor planning or sensory integration difficulties, developmental disability, or lack of opportunities, modifications or tools that accommodate, reduce or eliminate the challenges they face.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art51022.asp

Please visit specialneedschildren.bellaonline.com for more helpful content from the editor of the Special Needs Children website.

Dads, Complicated Pregnancies and Childbirth
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art47718.asp

Fathers of Children with Special Needs
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32675.asp

Summer Activities, Traditions and Escapes
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art43964.asp

Communication and Summer Activities
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art44161.asp

Avoiding Heat Illnesses and Other Hazards
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32522.asp

Car Travel and Safety Issues
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art34902.asp

Humor - Preparing for the IEP Meeting
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32971.asp

New Mother Newly Diagnosed Child
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33557.asp

Sibling Support and Rivalry - Brothers and Sisters
of Children with Special Needs
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33375.asp

Home Accessibility and Visitability for Families
of Children with Special Needs
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art37751.asp

Prenatal Diagnosis: Down Syndrome
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32686.asp

Thoughts From the Middle of the Night
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32533.asp

Sindrome de Down - Bienvenidos Bebes con Sindrome de Down
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32537.asp

Children with Spina Bifida
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32709.asp

Teaching Math Skills
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art38411.asp

Sleep Disorders and Children with Special Needs
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33877.asp

Is Diversity Like A New Box of Crayons?
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art5144.asp

Reading Readiness and Reading Strategies
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art35577.asp

Early Intervention for Developmental Delays
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art35443.asp

Signing, Reading and Spelling
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33567.asp

Teens with Disabilities - Transition Planning
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33519.asp

Reflux - Pediatric GERD, Infant GER and EER
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art3730.asp

Celiac Disease in Children
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art21075.asp


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Pamela Wilson, Special Needs Children Editor
http://specialneedschildren.bellaonline.com