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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

A plan...

Recently I had a parent contact me about good daycare for special needs children. I've been so lucky in that when I was working my boss allowed me to work from home part time so that I could drop and pick up the children at school. When it got to the point that I couldn't give my normal 110% to work and my children, I gave my notice and became a full time stay-at-home-mom. I do remember before going part time at home, contacting a few daycares in our area. We had just moved to this town and I didn't know very many people so I got the good old yellow pages out and started my search. To say I was discouraged would be an understatement. None of the local facilities could handle a special needs child because the extra care that would be needed. It's not like it was a lot of extra care mind you as Logan was only three at the time and still in diapers. The only things I was worried about were keeping an extra careful eye on him as he ran whenever he saw an open door and to make sure he ate only what I sent with him.

I have contacted another parent in our area and have asked for some help finding a good daycare for this parent for her child. She's a single parent and doesn't have the luxury of staying home with her child during the summer. She needs some help with this and I've made it my goal to try to help her to make the transision as smooth as I can. I remember how it was after we got Logan's diagnosis and if I can help someone through that rough period than I will. I've helped her out with the GF/CF diet as much as I can. Do you rememeber that movie Pay It Forward? I had one parent help me out a little by sending different GF/CF food for Logan to try so we wouldn't have to spend big money only to find out he didn't like it. I did and will continue to do the same for other parents. It's a great feeling knowing that you are helping someone else through one of the toughest times after a diagnosis.

Now about my plan, I want to get information about daycares (home or bigger) that can take children with disabilities. I'm working on finding them in our county but would love input from everyone else out there that have information regarding their areas. I can put together a list in my sidebar or a link to take anyone directly to the daycare sites. Anything I can organize to help other parents would be great. So, if you have a suggestion for a good special needs/disability daycare in your area drop me an e-mail or a comment so I can start the list.

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