While an IEP goes a long way in helping students living with disabilities in academic settings, there are many additional needs that appear at home. What types of needs are they and what kind of services exist to support those needs? That’s exactly what we cover in this episode with our guest, Colleen Cherry.

Colleen is a certified child life specialist. Colleen runs her private practice, PlayWell Child Life Services. She works with typical and atypical kids, helping them with basic academics, get through medical situations, and deal with stressful situations

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What We Cover in this Episode:

How Colleen’s services not only help the children at home, but they help the parents and fellow siblings as well

Why it’s important and valuable to have a child life services specialist

What type of tutoring services are available for students with special needs

What is adaptive tutoring?

How does Colleen build rapport with the children in order to get them to open up

Resources

Help Me Grow – Connection Café

Contact Information

http://www.playwellchildlife.com/ (Website)

Email: [email protected]

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