The milestone moments of life — the kind of moments that people cherish forever — always call for celebration. The first time a family is able to take their child home from the NICU after months, the first time your child takes his first steps after being told he may not be able to walk, …
When I was a child, I had a golden retriever named Genesis. Most of my cousins and friends were terrified of his stature, but I found his presence and interactions with me therapeutic in the truest form. He would sit next to me as I did my homework, waiting patiently to be rubbed. When I …
With COVID-19 changing how we communicate, the saying, “I’m just a phone call away,” means more now than ever before. In a therapeutic educational setting and for people like Mr. T, a behavior therapist at iCan Dream Center, face-to-face communication was the primary method of communicating with students. When the pandemic began, to avoid possible …
