Lizze is staying home with Elliott tonight cause he’s not been feeling well. Emmett and I are off to see Dr. Pattie. I left Gavin at home because honestly, I need a break from him today. I’ll talk more about that later. Emmett and ran an errand before heading to therapy but it was really …
Category: Family Therapy
Jan 10 2018
Why family therapy is important, especially for special needs families
One of the reasons we have maintained family therapy for all this time is because it’s so easy to overlook things when it comes to the emotional health of our special needs kids. Last night is a great example of when we learned things that we hadn’t known prior. This newfound knowledge helps us to …
Dec 29 2017
Family therapy just took a heartbreaking and unexpected turn
Family therapy has become a routine thing for my family. It’s important that we stay ahead of anything that’s going on and ensure that the kids are getting what they need. Parenting three kids with Autism and various other special needs, makes it damn near impossible to meet all their needs. Therapy helps us to …
May 23 2017
Tuesday is family therapy night for this #Autism family
Tuesday is family therapy night for this family Every Tuesday night we have family therapy. It’s more for the kids, but it’s evolved into more of a family therapy session. We work with the same doctor we’ve worked with for over a decade, and we all look forward to this every week. When you’re a …
Mar 16 2016
Here’s what a family therapy session looks like for myself and the boys
Today was a mishmash of many different things. All the therapies from today were canceled as a result of Emmett’s fever. Dr. Pattie is a bit different, and so we made it to that. She’s known Emmett since before he was born and understands about the fevers. I suppose the main focus of this post …