Free Online Event for Parents & Caregivers of Individuals w/ Special Needs
Special Moms Special Kids Summit
April 26 - May 7
Is the Special Moms Special Kids Summit for You?
Feel nobody understands your life?
Are you feeling like you are alone in the parenting special needs journey? Your family loves you, but they don't get all you have been through and go through daily. Their support is inconsistent and their parenting tips are about to make you pull your hair out.
If you're ready to connect to peeps that have felt your struggle and can help you along click the button below to grab your summit seat.
How can you make life transitions easier for your loved one and family?
Does the thought of your child moving from Elementary to Middle School or from Certificate of Completion to a Post Education Program freak you out a bit (well actually a lot)?
Grab your seat below to the Special Moms Special Kids Summit where educators, parents, and other support professional share to your make life transitions smoother.
The word IEP feels like a foreign language.
You've been to quickie workshops, read books, blog posts, and articles, and you still feel lost in your child's IEP meeting. Should that goal still be there or are your expectations too high? You're not sure of how to get your IEP Team on the same team, and it's draining.
If you're ready to stop feeling like you're fighting with the IEP process grab your summit seat below.
You wonder do resources for individuals with special needs actually exist.
Trying to find the resources you need to support your child with special needs feels like looking for a needle in a haystack. Either no one knows or no one is sharing how to get the resources all individuals with special needs are supposed to have access to.
If you want to know how to get access to resources without pulling out your hair and losing your sanity sign up for the summit below.
What is the Special Moms Special Kids Summit All About?
The Special Moms Special Kids Summit is all about the parents & caregivers.
I had become irritated with summits and workshops that left me feeling more confused and overwhelmed than when I walked in.
I wanted to create a space where parents and caregivers could get supported before, during, and after the summit.
The Special Moms Special Kids Summit was created to help parents and caregivers begin to lay a foundation that will support their special families and help them to thrive.
The Special Moms Special Kids Summit will cover the most pressing topics that parents and caregivers need:
- IEP and Advocacy
- Transitions - Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle, High School, and Beyond
- Communication and Behavior
- Respite 101
- Finding and Accessing Services and Supports
- Supporting Family Mental Health
- Keeping your Family Connected
and so much more!
Although, the Special Moms Special Kids Summit won't answer all your questions it will give you a place to get started and get supported.
So whether you're a seasoned or just getting started, a mom or a dad, a supports coordinator or caseworker there is a place for you in the Special Moms Special Kids Summit.
All speakers in this summit are parents of children with special needs. This gives us the ability to talk what we know and not just theory.
About the Speakers
Christy Schweitzer - Speech Language Pathologist
DAY 1 - The Communication Gap - Unconventional Ways Your Child is Talking To You
Christy's segment will cover what communication is and how you can notice and use the various ways your loved one communicates with you.
Kelly March
DAY 2 - Even Supermom Needs Help - Simple Steps Moms Can Take to Release Overwhelm
Kelly's segment covers steps that moms and caregivers can take to start reducing their daily overwhelm load with all they need to do.
Tammie Polk
Day 3 - No Mom Guilt Required - Creating a family team to support you & your special needs child.
Rachale Kelley
DAY 4 - Let's Talk About It - Nurturing your marriage while caring for a special needs child
Cewanda Todd
DAY 5 - You Ain't Crazy: Simple Steps to Stay Sane & Support Your Family
Kimberly Cox -
DAY 6 - It's OK to Not Be OK - How to create space for you when there is none.
Anntricia Bray-Smith
Day 7 - Are You IEP Ready?: Tools to Help you Master your IEP Team
Khaliah Montgomery - Michigan Alliance for Families
DAY 8 - You Are the IEP Expert - Learn how to navigate the IEP world to become your own top-notch IEP Advocate
Sheila Mac
DAY 9 - Making Moves - How parents and caregivers can navigate life & school transitions without all the stress
Sheila is sharing how to navigate life and academic transitions from kindergarten to adulthood with more ease and flow. She will leave participants with a guide map on transiting through life events.
Anne Farrell, MORC
DAY 10 - All Grown Up - How to navigate the guardianship process with ease.
Anne will be sharing how to navigate the guardianship process with ease as well as the different types of guardianship.
This Ain't Just Another Summit
....and here's why
- Daily recaps and implementation steps to help you create action around what you've learned.
- Support from the actual summit speakers during the event.
- A safe contained support center to guide you throughout the summit.
- Space to implement what you've learned, there is no information overload here.
- The community you've been searching for, no longer feeling like you're alone in this journey
