Marguerite Kelly has been giving parents advice for 25 years and is a columnist for the Washington Post. Mary&Melissa take issue with her advice. See her column of 5/15/13 and then listen to our show. http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/whats-keeping-baby-up/2013/05/14/564c41c4-b40f-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html
A weekly look at father involvement in education through the Watch D.O.G.S. program of the National Center for Fathering. Dads of Great Students is a national program currently operating in 46 states, D.C., Puerto Rico and Mexico. Nearly 3000 schools utilize the fathers and father figures within their own community [...]
Moms overwhelmingly are the primary caregivers to children everywhere, and that role comes with extra – and sometimes overwhelming – responsibilities when you have a child with autism, ADHD, a genetic disorder, chronic illness or other special needs. It may not be the life you signed up for, but there’s [...]
Please join WatchDOGS Radio host Keith Schumacher as he travels to Las Vegas spreading the father involvement message throughout the nation.
Join as in our discussion on funding techniques for a Special Needs Trust with Mark Friese, Vice President, Special Needs Group, Merrill Lynch. Correction: The sponsor of the ABLE Act (an acronym for Achieve a Better Life Experience) was incorrectly identified on this show. It was sponsored by U.S. Rep. Ander [...]
Please join us for our weekly look into father-involvement in American schools. We will start with our interview with Andy Mayer of All Pro Dads about the cooperative efforts of Watch D.O.G.S. and All Pro Dads to get fathers and father figures involved in schools. This week we will be [...]
Listen to our conversation with V. Scott Solberg, PhD, Associate Dean for Research at Boston University’s School of Education and Professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Development on his research on Individual Learning Plans (ILPs). 35 states have a mandate for ILPS. Will this make a difference [...]
Join us for another session with Life Coach Buzgon as we continue discussing The New Normal -accepting our unexpected lives as parents of chidlren with challenging needs. Did you know that parents of children with disabilities experience a disproportionately greater level of stress relating to their children than those of [...]
Its the parents of the child who has the responsibility of convincing a judge that a school system’s individual education program for their disabled child is or is not appropriate. But the Senate Bill 691 and House Bill 1286 could change that. The legislation proposes requiring Maryland public school [...]
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