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Learning at Home with Your Child

Hey, Families. I’m Dr. El, a mom and professor of Early Childhood Education. ❤️🐻 In the midst of this pandemic and quarantine, let’s...

Education and Opportunity

This day two years ago, changed the course of my life!!! I had quietly told a friend in February of 2015, I wanted to go back to school...

It takes a village...to raise a mommy...

Today I thank God for Parents' Place in Pacific Grove, CA. As a new mommy of a 4 week old...I was utterly exhausted and I felt nothing...

My Purpose...My Mission...Celebrate All Children

In late March 2013, I took a then kindergarten SDK to his first day of Spring Break camp. By the end of the second day, he told me he...

My Favorite Holiday

This is why Thanksgiving is my FAVORITE holiday... The fact that SDK is the only one of the five heartbeats that have beat inside of me...

You Are Perfectly Formed

Never change who you are to win the favor, acceptance, or affection of others... You may not be everybody's cup of tea...but you will be...

Big Deal/Little Deal

SDK and Reese One of the many characteristics of autism is an attachment to inanimate objects...think Linus and his blanket. I became an...

"ilayanionu"

Watching Inside Out again this morning... I look over and SDK's eyes are closed and he is smiling... Me: Sweet Pea, what are you thinking...

SDK's First Joke

There is such beauty in parenting a child on the autism spectrum. Everyday, I get the privilege to share in little victories as SDK...

Flattery Done Right

After school conversation... Me: Guess what! SDK: What. Me: My birthday is tomorrow!!! SDK: I knew that already. Me: Do you know how...

Meet SDK and Mama Bear

Mama Bear is the alter ego born to our founder when she was faced with advocating for her toddler son who was later diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Mama Bear calls her cub SuperDuperKid (SDK) because as she worked with SDK daily to help him acquire new skills, she would tell him they were working to develop his SuperPowers.