ThAnK YoU!

Just wanted to send out a BIG thank you to Amy & Roz from the Utah Parent Center, for being so willing to come to our group and talk about IEPs! Our Salt Lake group was GREAT and I hope that those who were able to attend fell like they are armed with a little more information! We are looking forward to our Davis County group this coming Wednesday & know that it will be just as informative!

Another big THANK YOU to Chrissy from Macaroni Kids (Layton-Farmington) for her willingness to help, contact/information she has sent and for helping spread the word on our group! We look forward to tapping into your resources and are grateful!

Last... but definitely NOT least, we want to say thanks to those who attend our group! The support & ideas we have gotten from you all has been INVALUABLE!

Here is a quick run down of the next few months!

March- Open topic (aka-venting :P) Come and share your ups and downs!

April - Summer programs - we will be providing resources on local summer programs that accommodate children with special needs.

May- Parenting a difficult child- we are working on a guest speaker and both feel like this will be a great group!

After May I know we are in summer season and things get a little crazy. We are going to play the summer groups by ear. What do you all think? Is it to crazy during the summer to be able to make it? or with summer break are you ready to pull out your hair & need somewhere to vent? Let us know!

Lindsay & Jen

September is going to be exciting!

We are working hard to get the word out!! We hope to see more of you all and for our group to grow, we are going to try & be much more diligent on posting on the blog and on our facebook page. As I am sure all of you know life can get CRAZY and sometimes a week goes by in a blink of an eye. If you don't see anything for a bit and you want information on an upcoming group don't hesitate to shoot one or both of us an email!

I am SUPER excited about September's meeting. Our focus is going to be Sensory Processing Disorder. This is something I am passionate about as it is one of my daughters biggest struggles. We are excited that Katie Mangus an Occupational Therapist from Easter Seals has graciously agreed to come to BOTH meetings. We will also be bringing some information that we find helpful to share! We will also have our first meeting in SLC at The Sharing Place. It is such a homey comfortable and safe place, we are excited!
October's focus will be eating difficulties. I know both myself and Jen have struggled in very different ways with our children's eating. We are going to keep this a caregiver panel and hopefully we can share things that have worked for us and I am sure many of you will bring some great ideas as well. I have already gotten some wonderful ideas and insight!

November is focusing on the effect caring for a special needs child can have on the family. Some possibilities are in the works for this meeting. We will keep you posted as things get closer.

I am really SO excited about this group and so happy that Jen and I decided to "just start it". I look forward to a GREAT fall and hope I get to meet more of you.

As always please feel free to contact me by phone or email with questions, ideas or if you just need a little support that day.
-Lindsay
lindsaybartholomew26@gmail.com