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Well-Being Resources: Special Needs

Created Sep 30 2020, 12:06 AM by VM
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WBG Parents to special needs children can find useful resources such as care services, coaching, and reading materials in this page. Please feel free to comment below if you would like to recommend additional resources. 


Care.com

https://www.care.com

  • An online platform that connects families to care providers offering services in childcare, senior care, special needs.

Magui Moreno Support for Special Needs Parents

https://mindfulautismmama.com/coaching

  • As an autism mom she help other parents as a mindfulness coach. She works with special needs parents and provides coaching sessions, free learning materials, and free audio series on self-care. 
  • WBG Parent Recommended

Reading A to Z

https://www.readinga-z.com

  • Reading A to Z offers a number of free resources for families that struggles with dyslexia.
  • Offers lessons that emphasize sound-letter correspondence, phonological awareness, and phonics through decodable readers that can be filter according to different sounds and word families (e.g., consonants, short vowels, blends)

SPELD The Specific Learning Difficulties Association of South Australia

https://www.speld-sa.org.au

  • SPELD SA is a non-profit organization that offers services to families and care providers to children with specific learning difficulties.

  • Provides resources for families for reading and writing with phonics, spelling, and math. It also offers free books, worksheets, and instructional videos.


Megan Leahy

https://www.mlparentcoach.com/

  • Megan Leahy is a parent coach about parenting challenges
  • Offers one-one caoching, online classes, montly parenting tips, newsletter and other resources.
  • WBG Parent Recommended

Mary Tamborski

https://www.marytamborski.com/

  • Mary Tamborski is a mariage and family therapist and a parenting coach
  • Offers therapy in family issues, stress, emotional and relationship problems and EMDR therapy.
  • WBG Parent Recommended

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  • Dear WBG Parenting Now community,  http://autism.worldbank.org/ , a World Bank yammer group for parents with special needs children or dependents. It is a community with about 300 members and parents from HQ and CO post questions and exchange ideas. Please kindly note that this is accesible by staff so refer to your staff spouses/domestic partners. 

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