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Thank goodness, my husband and I have a
loving, healthy marriage. Both of us always encouraged
our daughter to have a good social life outside of the
family and we never leaned on her to babysit. We also
allowed her to set her own rules with her brother and
didn’t interfere with their relationship. She is now a
junior in college, on the crew team, and is in an
intellectually challenging academic program. Her tag
line was: “Saving the the world, dressed in Prada.”
Spoiling her a little went a long way. She still feels
special and close to us.
Life isn’t perfect, but if you try - and
are lucky - you can have a good one.
-Stephanie Appenteng is an author and
mother of two |
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on the process of a particular carp that
swam in the indoor pool below ours and her table.
My son never got too close to her, but he is kind of
hard to ignore. She turned to her food in disgust. The
next time she raised her head my son was about six
inches from her, making the silliest face I’ve seen him
do. She exclaimed and almost fell off her chair. My
daughter and I had to run to the bathroom while my
husband made some insincere apologies.
We all have our own lives; I’ve seen too
many families where he entire focus of their existence
is on the special child. My husband works for a law firm
but spends time on several boards as well, trying to
make the world a better place. A 9 to 5 job is out of
the question for me, but I’m on a creative path I had to
postpone when I became a mom and I’ve never felt so
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Lectures and Discussion: |
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Auditory Processing, Reading
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June 7, 2006
6- 7:30pm
RSVP required. Space is limited |
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Teaching Conversation Skills to Children with
Learning Disabilities and Developmental
Challenges
July 20, 2006 in New Haven, CT
8am-3pm
Contact: Cross Country Education
800-397-0180 |
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Social Communication Groups
Beginning July 10, 2006
Times: Tuesdays (5pm); Tuesdays (11am, 12pm);
Wednesdays
(1pm, 3pm), Thursday (5pm), Saturdays (10am,
11am) |
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One Week Intensive Social
Communication Training |
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For Middle school students only! NVLD, ADD,
Aspergers, LD
Session 1: August 7-11, 2006 from 10am-3pm
Session 2: August 21-25, 2006 from 10am-3pm |
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Be Social: For Users of Augmentative
Communication |
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Beginning July 17, 2006
Times: Monday (4pm); Wednesday (10am); Friday
(1pm) |
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Fast ForWord Language and Literacy Camp
Beginning July 10, 2006 |
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