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Special Needs Through the Pandemic

April 9, 2021 1 Comment

JF Shea Therapeutic Riding Center Special Needs

We profile some local families with special needs and the challenges they’ve faced through the pandemic. J.F. Shea Therapeutic Riding Center San Juan Capistrano Parents: Krysti and Brendan Crafts Kids: Olivia Griffin, 7, Brooklyn Griffin, 5, Juliette Crafts, 3, Savannah Crafts, 20 months City: San Clemente Special needs background: Juliette was born weighing 5.5 pounds, […]

Filed Under: Features, Special Needs

Parenting a Child with Asperger’s through a Pandemic

April 1, 2021 Leave a Comment

Parenting & Asperger's

A local expert offers advice for parents of children with Asperger’s to help them thrive through challenging times.  By Michael Uram  Kids can thrive in the face of incredible challenges — including a year-long stay-at-home order — with the right tools. So long as we listen to them, respect their boundaries, understand their needs, and […]

Filed Under: Features, Special Needs

Special Needs Programs Adapting due to the Pandemic

March 23, 2021 Leave a Comment

Global Infant DevelopmentGlobal Infant Development

The pandemic has had a real impact on special needs families and programs. Here’s how they adapted and what they’ve learned.  Chinh Tuong Nguyen’s son, Patrick, was born on July 5. He rarely cried during his first 8 months, even when he had the chickenpox.  “I thought it was very normal and I was a […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Features, Special Needs

Camp Resilience

February 16, 2021 Leave a Comment

We interview the Camp James executive director about how the camp stayed open through 2020 to return this summer. Summer camps, like most of the world, were turned upside down in 2020. Despite the quick pivoting that was required when California locked down last spring, some camps managed to stay open.  Among them was Camp […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Features

Education Insights

February 1, 2021 Leave a Comment

Education Insights

It’s a new year, but things are still far from normal. We get some perspective from the Orange County Superintendent of Schools Al Mijares on what to expect in the year ahead. Parenting OC: What is the state of education in Orange County for 2021? Al Mijares: In many ways the state of education at […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Features

A Healthy Mental Space

January 27, 2021 Leave a Comment

Boy The Prentice School

How educators and parents can help students — and themselves — emotionally cope with pandemic and socio-political stress.  A pandemic. Political divisiveness. A storming of the United States Capitol.  It sounds like the makings of a political thriller, but it’s the reality Americans have been living for the past year. On a local level, families […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Features

Happy Campers

January 27, 2021 Leave a Comment

Endless Sun Surf School

Making the best of the 2020 season, local camps now look ahead to continue offering kids much-needed socialization with health and safety in mind.  Each quarter at the Acting Academy for Kids & Teens, kids produce a musical theater experience complete with singing and dancing.  “The crown jewel at AA4K is [our] Summer Performing Arts […]

Filed Under: Camps, Features

Education Outlook Part Two -The Light at the End of the Tunnel

January 12, 2021 Leave a Comment

education outlook karen tong

The Rise of Alternative Learning  However, not all students returned to school. Some districts brought students back in phases, or chose to bring back elementary school students, but not middle and high school students. And if families were not sending their students back to school, they were seeking out learning alternatives.  Learning pods — aka […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Education, Features

Education Outlook Part One – School Daze, Looking Back at the Chaos of 2020

December 23, 2020 Leave a Comment

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With a new year comes hope for a better tomorrow. This has never been more true. Here, we reflect on 2020 and anticipate the year ahead in education. In mid-March, Orange County students were sent home for what many parents and teachers assumed would be a two-week period, just until this COVID thing got sorted […]

Filed Under: Education, Features

A New Normal for Mompreneurs

November 12, 2020 Leave a Comment

Mompreneurs

Find out how these OC mompreneurs have adjusted and adapted throughout 2020.  Jasmine Roth Age: 36 Family: Husband, Brett; daughter, Hazel, 5.5 months City: Huntington Beach Star of: HGTV’s “Help! I Wrecked My House”; previously on “Hidden Potential”   How did your passion for home construction and design begin?  “By accident! I started building a house […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Features, Mompreneurs, Special Issues

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