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Special Needs Blog Week in Review – Week of February 19 – 25, 2012

Did you miss something on the Special Needs Blog this week? One way to easily find the blogs that you missed out on, but meant to read, is to check out the Special Needs Blog Week in Review. You can find everything that hit the blog in the past week. Just click on the link the whatever blogs catch your attention. The Special Needs Podcast Roundup went up on February 20, 2012. This week, I’d like to point out the Hope Saves the Day podcast. They discuss a brand new book that is designed to help parents to raise children … Continue reading →

Special Needs Podcast Roundup – Week of February 20, 2012

Every week, the Special Needs Podcast Roundup brings you brand new episodes of podcasts that discuss topics that are relevant to parents of children who have special needs. You can listen to the podcasts while you are driving, or while you are doing other tasks around the house. Listening to a podcast is a great way to learn something new. The Parents Journal has an episode that was released on February 13, 2012. This episode is called “Practical Tips for Parents Who Work From Home”. It features Leslie Spencer-Pyle, an expert on how to manage a home-based career or business … Continue reading →

Special Needs Blog Week in Review – Week of February 12 – 18, 2012

The Special Needs Blog Week in Review is a great way to quickly catch up on everything that appeared in the Special Needs Blog in the past week. It is a good way to make sure that you haven’t missed anything. You can scan through this list to search for blogs about whatever particular special needs your child happens to have. The Special Needs Podcast Roundup for the week went up on February 13, 2012. I would like to point out an episode done by The Coffee Klatch that is titled “NY Times Op Ed Gone Wrong – Ritalin Gone … Continue reading →

Why “Ritalin Gone Wrong” is Controversial

At the end of January, the New York Times ran an opinion piece called “Ritalin Gone Wrong”. The title has since been changed to something else. In it, a professor emeritus of psychology states that the reason why a child has ADHD is because of bad parenting. Obviously, this claim has led to outrage. I first heard about this article when I noticed that The Coffee Klatch podcast had devoted an episode to a discussion about “Ritalin Gone Wrong”. That article was written by L. Alan Sroufe, who is an emeritus of psychology at the University of Minnesota’s Institute of … Continue reading →

Special Needs Podcast Roundup – Week of February 13, 2012

It is time for the Special Needs Podcast Roundup! One of the great things about podcasts is that you can listen to them while working on another task, (like washing dishes, or folding laundry). This gives busy parents of special needs children an opportunity to keep up to date with news that relates to a variety of special needs. The Coffee Klatch released a new episode on February 8, 2012. This episode is called “NY Times Op Ed Gone Wrong – Ritalin Gone Wrong”. In this episode, Dr. Charles Parker, the author of “ADHD Medication Rules” joins host Marianne. They … Continue reading →