Pleasant Oaks Park in Dallas

Spend a whole day at Pleasant Oaks, a park and recreation center complete with playground equipment, tennis courts, fields and a swimming pool. If you can drag your kids away from the pool, gain respite from the summer sun in the playground area.

Jenna Colston

Meet Jenna Colston, mom of three and recent college graduate with a certification in Special Education.

Lizza Connor

Meet Lizza Connor, singer-songwriter and mom of two, and learn about her music for kids.

A Heart that Heals

One doctor and eight mothers share their stories of recovery after losing a child in Healing Hearts.

A Date to Remember

November 22, 1963. I’m hoping – no, make that praying – that everyone reading this month’s column knows the significance…

Crystal Lopez

Meet Crystal Lopez and her daughters Journey and Honesty. Journey has mitochondrial disease.

Sibling Rivalry

What to do when the needs of typical children and their siblings with special needs collide

Colleen Swindoll-Thompson

Meet the director of the Special Needs Ministry at Insight for Living and her son Jon, who has Tourette’s syndrome, ADHD, OCD, ODD and Global Anxiety Disorder.

App Happy

When my son was young, I often found myself wondering how anyone ever raised a child with special needs before…