What is a caseworker and why are the benefits? Caseworkers go by a lot of different names like support worker or service worker or something else. Also since nothing in this world is standardized the term case worker may mean different things in different organizations. For our purposes we will define a caseworker as someone […]
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Lost, confused and no idea where to start. Sound familiar? Well of course it does because that is what we all are all feeling. Even individuals who work within government social programs, with decades of training and expertise feel this way. Take a breath and know you are not alone. No matter how you feel:
Today’s post is on barriers that people with disabilities face. Honestly I thought that barriers would be such a simple topic, but when you really begin to think about how a person can be prevented from doing even the most basic tasks it gets complicated really fast. In this context I would define a barrier
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Finding resources and communities can be a bit of a challenge for those of us who have disabilities or the caregivers of such people. I have been searching online and found a few websites that are pretty helpful. Below are just small snippets of what each website/blog is about and I highly recommend that you
Occupational therapy works in a different manner than other types of therapy. In most other therapies like physiotherapy, speech therapist etc they work directly on you via medication or physical/mental treatment. Occupational therapy work by modifying your environment or how you interact with your environment. The main goal is to enable a person with a
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Denial, it is basically a lie we tell ourselves. Now some lies are small and harmless while others impact us in a big way. When it comes to dealing with disabilities, denial can be one of the most hurtful things we do to ourselves and our loved ones. Not Enough Help vs Too Much Coddling:
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So far on this mini-series of dealing with school work, we have covered organizing your child’s materials and time. Next was getting in the zone and developing the proper mindset. Now finally we deal with the actual teaching approaches. No matter how much I would love to share a silver bullet that works 100% of
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Welcome to part 2 of dealing with homework. Last week we spoke about how to organize school material and time. This week let’s talk about mindset specifically the mindset of the parent and child with a disability. Now I am not an expert in the field of child/teenage education. However, I have spoken with several
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Welcome back everyone. Today’s post is going to be geared towards caregivers of children with learning disabilities. However, a lot of these tips and tricks can be utilized for adults as well. Teaching any child is a difficult task but teaching a child with a learning disability is basically doing teaching on hard mode. Obviously when
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Well here it is the end of our 4 part mini-series on Regression. The last key step is dealing with your current reality, future reality and everything in between. So when I say dealing with your reality, what exactly does that mean? In a nutshell, it is just all the stuff you either need to
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