I love the Holidays!
This year my boss, that would be me, has given me from Thanksgiving to New Year’s off. Yay! Time to savor the holidays. I’ll be working on my Family History Project and planning some big projects for next year.
And I’ll be sleeping in.
And eating really unhealthy food. Can you say Chocolate?!?
And watching my favorite holiday movies like Holiday Inn and The Santa Claus trilogy.
I can’t wait!
But before I go, I want to share some articles I found that will help you and your Special Needs Family have a Holly Jolly, Safe and Sane Holiday!
Connie Hammer, Parent Coach for Autism offers tips to make your holiday shopping less stressful and more fun.
The Holidays are all about sensations. Connie coaches us on how to help our Sensory Sensitive Kids survive.
Terri Mauro at About.com’s Children with Special Needs, shares some practical advice to handle some not-so-practical celebration situations.
Excellent survival guide posted on Facebook gives suggestions for handling everything from travel to photos.
Love tip #6 – Color coding presents. Great idea for all kids!
You can’t take care of your child if you haven’t taken care of yourself. Terri shares a wonderfully comprehensive list of articles to help you get Jolly instead of Grinchy!
Traveling with your Special Needs Child this Holiday Season? BabyCenter has compiled some great resources to help you out not just during the holidays but anytime you hit the road.
One Place for Special Needs shares some excellent ideas to help everyone have fun and stay sane.
Our lives with Special Needs Loved Ones can be extremely stressful and sometimes sad and often scary. We hope these resources will help make life a bit easier and the Holidays a bit more enjoyable.
Enjoy some special times with all of your Loved Ones this Holiday Season. And we’ll see you next year!
Sandra
and Matthew and Elisabeth, too!
