We are the Elbe Family . . . Jeff and Adrianne and our three children, Evelyn (1995), our son Macklin (1997), and Vivian (2000). Jeff and I were married in 1991. Jeff works as an electrician and I previously worked as a school social worker in a therapeutic day school for troubled youth before...

Join me as I share why I’m grateful for Morgan, our adopted son who was born normal, but developed PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder or high-functioning autism). I have struggled with learning about his condition, handling his antics, understanding his problems and finding solutions....

I want to give you some encouragement as you began another school year.

I have discovered that there are three things that are common to parents, especially moms, of special needs children. They are grief, a sense of inadequacy, and guilt. We grieve over our loss and that...

In the months just before I began to write Learning in Spite of Labels, I heard five different speakers on the subject of learning disabilities. They defined many words, discussed much theory and gave many interpretations of the law. Practical information or teaching techniques that might work...