Susan Traugh

It’s no accident that April is National Stress Awareness month. As winter ends, taxes are due and the long haul until the end of the school year begins, stress can be a major factor in the life of students and adults alike. And, especially, for students with special needs, stress can be an overwhelming factor in their lives. You can help your students learn to manage stress by, first, helping them define what stress is and how it affects their lives and then by providing them

Public Health Week is a great time to teach teens with special needs about good nutrition. Good nutrition education is vital to the health and well-being of our youth. Healthy eating and an active lifestyle can provide teens with a longer and better quality of life. Nutrition and Young People Unfortunately, kids are not getting the message about nutrition. According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) the prevalence of obesity in our teens has tripled in th

Lockdown provides students with special needs an opportunity to practice adult living skills in the safe environment of your home. Students with special needs require extra help to find a job. Job skills are an important part of any transition program for special needs teens. The second week of April is National Student Employment Week. With the beginning of spring and summer jobs just around the corner, Student Employment Week is a perfect time to help your special needs stu

April is Autism Awareness Month and with a growing population of students on the spectrum, it is a perfect time to work on a social skill that may be difficult for our students. This is also a great skill to practice if you are stuck on lockdown; you child can practice in the safety of your home and you can make smiling a game. The truth is: in these trying times, smiling can be good for all of us. Autism and Social Skills Becoming Likeable is one of the workbooks in the Dail