{"id":18708,"date":"2021-10-11T13:22:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T20:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mommy-diary.com\/?p=18708"},"modified":"2024-02-17T11:26:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T19:26:20","slug":"ep-4-raising-a-special-needs-child-my-story-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mommy-diary.com\/ep-4-raising-a-special-needs-child-my-story-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 4: Raising A Special Needs Child: My Story &#038; Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15659 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mommy-diary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tips-for-parents-IEP_0003.jpg\" alt=\"Ep 4: Raising A Special Needs Child: My Story &amp; Tips\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2161\" data-pin-description=\"You may or may not know that my oldest daughter, Elise, has special needs. She has a genetic disorder called SYNGAP1. It took many years to get a solid diagnosis, and that was only the beginning of our story. After learning about Elise's disorder, it took me a long time to learn how to cope with our new reality. Special needs activities life skills fun. Special needs kids activities children. Special needs parenting tips. Special needs kids activities sensory processing. #special #kid #child\" data-pin-title=\"Ep 4: Raising A Special Needs Child: My Story &amp; Tips\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mommy-diary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tips-for-parents-IEP_0003.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/mommy-diary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tips-for-parents-IEP_0003-600x810.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mommy-diary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tips-for-parents-IEP_0003-1200x1621.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mommy-diary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/tips-for-parents-IEP_0003-560x756.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18710 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mommy-diary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_7085.jpg\" alt=\"Raising A Special Needs Child\" width=\"2046\" height=\"2906\" data-pin-description=\"You may or may not know that my oldest daughter, Elise, has special needs. She has a genetic disorder called SYNGAP1. It took many years to get a solid diagnosis, and that was only the beginning of our story. After learning about Elise's disorder, it took me a long time to learn how to cope with our new reality. Special needs activities life skills fun. Special needs kids activities children. Special needs parenting tips. Special needs kids activities sensory processing. #special #kid #child\" data-pin-title=\"Ep 4: Raising A Special Needs Child: My Story &amp; Tips\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mommy-diary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_7085.jpg 2046w, https:\/\/mommy-diary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_7085-600x852.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mommy-diary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_7085-1200x1704.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2046px) 100vw, 2046px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" height=\"60\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/14569187\/height\/60\/theme\/standard\/thumbnail\/no\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Ep 4: Raising A Special Needs Child: My Story &amp; Tips<\/h2>\n<p>Welcome back to a new episode of Mommy Diary: The Podcast. You may or may not know that my oldest daughter, Elise, has special needs. She has a genetic disorder called SYNGAP1. It took many years to get a solid diagnosis, and that was only the beginning of our story. After learning about Elise&#8217;s disorder, it took me a long time to learn how to cope with our new reality.<\/p>\n<p>My Daughter is now 15, so we have come a long way. She is such a blessing to me and our family. Now I want to be able to help other families who are learning how to raise a special needs child. That&#8217;s why today I want to talk to you all about what I&#8217;ve learned when it comes to raising a special needs child. In this episode, I give you tips on how to cope on the difficult days and how to be the best possible advocate for your child.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some resources that I mentioned in the episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mommy-diary.com\/motherhood\/special-needs\/\">My special needs parenting articles<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgesyngap.org\/what-is-syngap1\/\">My daughter&#8217;s diagnosis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/safgd.index.htm\">Wrights Law<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ed.gov\/idea\/\">IDEA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmhc.ca.gov\/\">Department of Managed Healthcare<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Head to <a href=\"https:\/\/mommy-diary.com\/motherhood\/special-needs\/\">special needs section<\/a> on my blog for more resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Ep 4: Raising A Special Needs Child: My Story &amp; Tips Welcome back to a new episode of Mommy Diary: The Podcast. 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It took many years to get a solid diagnosis, and that was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6309],"tags":[6274,404],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.4 (Yoast SEO v22.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Raising A Special Needs Child: My Story &amp; Tips - Ep 4 | Mommy Diary \u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The background of raising my special needs child: how I found out, how I felt, how I dealt with the stress and how you can best help your child.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mommy-diary.com\/ep-4-raising-a-special-needs-child-my-story-tips\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ep 4: Raising A Special Needs Child: My Story &amp; 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