Visual Schedules for Special Needs Kids

My son uses a visual schedule for his morning routine. It works, somewhat, but when the OT gave it to me I didn’t realize we were supposed to cut the cards apart so that I could put them in the order that is needed for each day. Some days are better than others,

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It has a NAME!

“Well, he looks just like another Depakote baby that my friend is fostering.” A Depakote baby? Is there really such a thing? From the time we got D1, we were asked all kinds of questions. Not just the regular ones that all foster parents are asked, such as “Is Mom on drugs?”, “Don’t

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