

Teaching Teens About Condom Use
Valentine’s Day is also National Condom Day. Clearly, somebody had a sense of humor—and a good idea—since 50% of the pregnancies in the...


Random Acts of Kindness and Special Needs Teens
When the world is good, our students receive many random acts of kindness. People may reach for things that are out of reach. Or, they...


National Healthy Weight Week
Wouldn’t you know that they’d make the third week of January Healthy Weight Week? It’s like they knew we’d all be looking at our...


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Hey everyone! It's Mary, aka Tech Support. I wanted to apologize for absolutely forgetting about the blogs. Normally I just upload them...


Making New Year's Resolutions
There’s a joke that says the most successful business in the world would be one that is a gym the first two weeks in January and a donut...


Celebrating Thanksgiving
Students with disabilities often have a difficult time understanding the purpose behind our national holidays or what behaviors are...


Designated Driver
As the holiday season approaches, it is vitally important that we teach our teens with special needs the importance of driving safety and...


Practicing Gratitude
November is National Gratitude Month and a good time to help your students see the blessings in their lives. Teenagers can often get...


Veteran's Day Celebration
All holidays are not raucous fireworks and bar-b-que days. Some are for solemn remembrance of the sacrifices others have made for our...


Voting Access is for Everyone
Voter suppression laws, purged voter files and other government obstacles can make it very difficult for teens with disabilities to...