As a traveling music therapist, I spend all day driving through the Texas sun, hauling guitars, drums, and tambourines from house to house, but still the hardest part about my job is answering, “What is music therapy?”. The American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) defines music therapy as “the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions …
What is Home Health?
Short answer – Home Health is ANY medical service provided in one’s home. Home Health can be all types of things. Therapy services, nursing services, aids and attendants and hospice are some common forms of home health. Therapy Services Therapy services done in the home are pretty common, especially with children under 3 (still in …
What is Cerebral Palsy (CP)?
Before we get started, a little about myself. I am NOT a doctor, nor am I a trained medical professional in any way. I am a mom. My daughter, Casey, has very complex medical needs. I joke with other moms of children with complex needs that not only should we all be able to pass …
“Star Thrower” by Loren C. Eiseley
Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure moving like …
How to Talk to a Special Needs Parent
I am a mother of an amazing little six year old girl, Casey. Some may say she is medically fragile, some say she has special needs, some say disabled, and the list goes on and on. We say she is Casey (or Princess Casey). We know when we leave our house that we will draw …
Organizations for Kids with Special Needs
We would like to share/feature some FREE items that you can obtain for your little ones. There are many wonderful organizations and individuals who are volunteering their time and efforts to bring joy into the lives of our children. If there are any that we missed, please comment below with details. Thank you to all …
How to Reduce Drooling?
Many of our kids deal with drooling and there are lots of different approaches to help. First off however, it is really best to determine where the drool is coming from. Is the drool from salivary secretions? Is the drool from allergies? Is the drool actually refluxed food? Is the drool not really a drool …
School, but My Child is Only 3?!
Many of us come home from the NICU and enter a whole new world. We have countless doctor appointments, monitors, medications, etc. A lot of us also are introduced to a form of early intervention services for our child. In Texas these services are call ECI, each state has their own abbreviation. Early intervention services …
Who’s Who?
After having a child with special needs, you will find yourself learning a lot more about the medical field than you have ever imagined. It can be very confusing. Often times you need to see a specialist, but which one? Here is a quick guide that we hope helps to take out some of that …
Go Bags for Children with Special Needs
When most people hear the term “Go Bag” they think of either doomsday preppers or pregnant women. These are both types of go bags, however, this article is referring to another type of go bag- “Go Bags for Children with Special Needs”. A go bag is exactly what it is sounds like. A bag that …