Every child belongs. Every child is unique. Every child has strengths. Every child has the potential to fly.

Whether your child has received a diagnosis or is exhibiting behaviors that worry you, Empowering Your Child to Fly: A Family’s Guide to Early Childhood Inclusion offers advice for navigating the early intervention and special education systems from an educator who has experienced these systems as a child, as a parent, and as a professional.

• Understand screening, evaluation, and assessment.


• Discover helpful resources.


• Learn how to work with your team of specialists and educators.


• Discover strategies to identify your child’s strengths and consider a future vision for your child.


• Explore your role as an advocate for your child.


• Explore ideas for creating learning spaces at home and embedding learning into everyday routines.


• Discover how to do all of this while staying healthy and strong, with a sense of balance in your life.