A Mother's Village

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Spring Break Activities Without Breaking the Bank by Lorna d'Entremont

Teachers and kids are looking forward to it but many parents hate when it roles around…Yes, it is Spring Break time again. How can families remove some of the STRESS of Spring Breaks? Many working parents must take time off to care for their children and they want this free week from school and work to be a happy,…

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Posted by Lorna d'Entremont on March 12, 2011 at 3:36pm

Why don't more people know about FASD day?

The weekly staff meetings were not usually full of exciting news but this particular day the supervisor stunned us. She informed the staff that we were going to attend the National Early Childhood Intervention Conference.

Although my college background, internship and previous work experience dealt with children who were challenged by special needs; I had only been working as an ECI Specialist a few months.…

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Posted by Jennifer Poss Taylor on August 8, 2010 at 2:06pm — 1 Comment

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FAS Awareness

Started by Mary Thacker Sep 29, 2011.

Autistic toddler regressing...... 1 Reply

Started by Laurie Smith. Last reply by Jennifer Poss Taylor Sep 3, 2011.

When and how do we tell our children? 3 Replies

Started by Amanda Shannon. Last reply by Jennifer Poss Taylor Sep 3, 2011.

FAS and pets 1 Reply

Started by Amy Dulworth. Last reply by Jennifer Poss Taylor Sep 3, 2011.

Beating the odds! 5 Replies

Started by Mary Thacker. Last reply by Sandra Stewart May 20, 2011.

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FAS Awareness

My niece has started a page on Facebook where she is trying to get more awareness for FAS with her friends. Her name is Chelsea Howell and she is 15 years old. She asked me to let this group and their teens know about this group and it may be a place where they may get to know each other. Here is the link https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/groups/285308281480876/ She is interested in finding a ribbon (like…See More

Discussion posted by Mary Thacker Sep 29, 2011

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Jennifer Poss Taylor replied to Laurie Smith's discussion 'Autistic toddler regressing......'

I just wanted to check in to see how he is doing now. I had to take a break for awhile myself but hoping things are going better for you.

Sep 3, 2011

Jennifer Poss Taylor replied to Amanda Shannon's discussion 'When and how do we tell our children?'

I am sorry it has taken so long for me to respond. I have had to take a break for awhile. My husband and I went through an extensive training when we decided to adopt and one of the main topics was about telling them the truth about…

Sep 3, 2011

Jennifer Poss Taylor replied to Amy Dulworth's discussion 'FAS and pets'

Ashley is the same way. She is completely obsessed with dogs and is convinced she can understand what they are saying and vice versa. Fact is, she can unintentionally hurt the dog so we have to make strict rules about holding the pets.…

Sep 3, 2011

Photos posted by Melissa Selleck Sep 3, 2011

Hi everyone. A little intro of my family. I'm a single mom to Nathanial who will be 4 in Dec. He had Bipolar and probabl FASD.

Status posted by Melissa Selleck Sep 3, 2011

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Searching for direction

Status posted by Jane Michalski Aug 1, 2011

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Jane Michalski commented on Jennifer Poss Taylor's group 'Bipolar Children'

I may be unique here, don't know yet. I have an adopted son who was diagnosed with Bi-Polar disorder at an early age. He is now 15. I've known for a while that his birth parents were alcoholics, and have suspected that he…

Aug 1, 2011