Future Planning with Jeffrey Stephens, Partner at GVM Law, LLP
What can we do as parents to help plan for the future of our children? Just like everything else in life, there are additional layers and concerns when it comes to future planning for our children wit...
12 Sep 20221h 28min
The Mindset Around Grief: A Wheel of Adaptation
This is the final installment on our version of the stages of grief. We bring it all together and discuss what happens during and after the process of grieving an autism diagnosis. You've reached a le...
5 Sep 20221h 32min
Acceptance and Grief: Learning to Move Forward
The idea of acceptance can give the false impression that everything is ok or that you are not struggling anymore. A better way to look at acceptance is that you have reached a certain level of resolv...
29 Aug 202253min
Depression and Grief: Allowing yourself to feel
Depression is an appropriate response to processing any kind of grief. It is often portrayed as unnatural, something to be fixed, or to get rid of as quickly as possible. The truth is, it would be unu...
22 Aug 202243min
Bargaining and Grief: Let's Make a Deal...
This stage usually goes hand and hand with feelings of guilt, whether or not those feelings are well founded or not. A frequent thought in this stage is the "if only" statement: "If only I would have ...
15 Aug 202242min
Anger and Grief: It's a Mad, Mad World!
On to the next phase of grief: ANGER! When we think of anger, we tend to associate it with being vexed or upset with others. The closer we are to someone emotionally, the more anger we can feel toward...
8 Aug 202257min
Denial & Grief: When you're too scared to face your child's diagnosis
Denial: It’s the first stage of grief and it can be a sneaky, tricky thing. Most people think of denial as being bad, but truthfully, denial can fill an important role as protector. Denial can give a ...
1 Aug 202251min
Back to School Transitions
Let's talk all about back to school transitions! We'll discuss how we prepare not only the little things, like school supplies and clothes, but some of the bigger tasks like IEP reviews, transportatio...
25 Jul 202248min
