Child Care for Children with Special Needs
Child care is a challenge for all parents, but even more so for those whose children have special health-care or behavioral needs. How do you find someone to watch your child for an evening, a weekend, every weekday so you can work? Here are some tips and resources for finding safe and appropriate care for your special child.
Before You Pick a Preschool or Daycare
Advice on finding the best preschool or daycare options for children with special needs.
Advice on finding the best preschool or daycare options for children with special needs.
Ten Places to Find a Babysitter for a Child with Special Needs
Finding a babysitter you can trust with your child's special health-care or behavioral needs, even just for a night out, may seem an impossible task. Here are ten places to start your search.
Finding a babysitter you can trust with your child's special health-care or behavioral needs, even just for a night out, may seem an impossible task. Here are ten places to start your search.
Create a Caregiver "Cheat Sheet"
Whether you've hired a babysitter to watch your child one evening, found a respite caregiver to give you a longer break, or are asking family to watch your child for a weekend or a week, sharing the special information that makes your child safe, healthy and happy will improve everybody's experience.
Whether you've hired a babysitter to watch your child one evening, found a respite caregiver to give you a longer break, or are asking family to watch your child for a weekend or a week, sharing the special information that makes your child safe, healthy and happy will improve everybody's experience.
Commonly Asked Questions About Child Care Centers and the ADA
From the U.S. Department of Justice, facts about your child's rights in child care under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
From the U.S. Department of Justice, facts about your child's rights in child care under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Respite Services, State by State
Respite Locator helps you find respite services, searching by state or by need.
Respite Locator helps you find respite services, searching by state or by need.