Comments on: Inspiration Café: Interview with Chynna Laird, Author and Special Needs Advocate http://www.shaicoggins.com/inspiration-cafe-interview-with-chynna-laird-author-and-special-needs-advocate/ Digital Lifestyle for Creative, Content & Community Folks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:57:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shai Coggins http://www.shaicoggins.com/inspiration-cafe-interview-with-chynna-laird-author-and-special-needs-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-44639 Shai Coggins Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:31:38 +0000 http://www.shaicoggins.com/inspiration-cafe-interview-with-chynna-laird-author-and-special-needs-advocate/#comment-44639 Hi, Chynna. Thanks again for doing this interview. And, for responding to the comments here. Much, much appreciated. Do keep in touch! Thanks, Kari. I'm glad you enjoyed the interview! And yes, Chynna (and writers like her) will always be great to have around because they help to give voice to those who may not be able to have one otherwise. :-) Denise - Wow. Thanks for sharing. I didn't realise that. But yes, I'm glad that you liked this interview and I hope you help to spread the word about SPD too. :-) Glenda - Sounds like a good plan to me. Good luck with it! ;-) AndreyM - Indeed. :-) Hi, Chynna. Thanks again for doing this interview. And, for responding to the comments here. Much, much appreciated. Do keep in touch!

Thanks, Kari. I’m glad you enjoyed the interview! And yes, Chynna (and writers like her) will always be great to have around because they help to give voice to those who may not be able to have one otherwise. :-)

Denise – Wow. Thanks for sharing. I didn’t realise that. But yes, I’m glad that you liked this interview and I hope you help to spread the word about SPD too. :-)

Glenda – Sounds like a good plan to me. Good luck with it! ;-)

AndreyM – Indeed. :-)

]]> By: AndreyM http://www.shaicoggins.com/inspiration-cafe-interview-with-chynna-laird-author-and-special-needs-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-43622 AndreyM Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:54:06 +0000 http://www.shaicoggins.com/inspiration-cafe-interview-with-chynna-laird-author-and-special-needs-advocate/#comment-43622 As my mother says - Knowledge is a strength! As my mother says – Knowledge is a strength!

]]> By: Glenda http://www.shaicoggins.com/inspiration-cafe-interview-with-chynna-laird-author-and-special-needs-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-43531 Glenda Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:14:24 +0000 http://www.shaicoggins.com/inspiration-cafe-interview-with-chynna-laird-author-and-special-needs-advocate/#comment-43531 love your interview! gave me an idea to do interviews on my blog too. :-) love your interview! gave me an idea to do interviews on my blog too. :-)

]]> By: Chynna http://www.shaicoggins.com/inspiration-cafe-interview-with-chynna-laird-author-and-special-needs-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-43483 Chynna Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:20:41 +0000 http://www.shaicoggins.com/inspiration-cafe-interview-with-chynna-laird-author-and-special-needs-advocate/#comment-43483 Hi Denise. I think it's awesome that they're finally offering training sessions in SPD and how to help families live with and cope with it! What I found was that you're shown how see things from the child's perspective, which helps to reduce frustration. I have much more patience now. Hi Denise. I think it’s awesome that they’re finally offering training sessions in SPD and how to help families live with and cope with it! What I found was that you’re shown how see things from the child’s perspective, which helps to reduce frustration. I have much more patience now.

]]> By: Denise Layman http://www.shaicoggins.com/inspiration-cafe-interview-with-chynna-laird-author-and-special-needs-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-43461 Denise Layman Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:29:33 +0000 http://www.shaicoggins.com/inspiration-cafe-interview-with-chynna-laird-author-and-special-needs-advocate/#comment-43461 It's great to see a book out about SPD my son has mild SPD.. and the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.. I actually got to go to a training on it so that helped immensely! It’s great to see a book out about SPD my son has mild SPD.. and the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.. I actually got to go to a training on it so that helped immensely!

]]> By: Chynna http://www.shaicoggins.com/inspiration-cafe-interview-with-chynna-laird-author-and-special-needs-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-43458 Chynna Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:55:54 +0000 http://www.shaicoggins.com/inspiration-cafe-interview-with-chynna-laird-author-and-special-needs-advocate/#comment-43458 Kari, thanks so much for your comment. You worded what I was getting at beautifully. Alot of people have made snap judgments about Jaimie strictly based on her reactions to things without taking the time to find out where that behaviour stems from. Once we took a proactive approach to "inform to understand," we've found things are better--both for us and,especially, for Jaimie. Like I said above, if Jaimie is learning to interact in her enviroment and with the people/things in it, then those people need to understand how to interact with her effectively too! And if we speak to people in plain, jargon-free language, it makes things easier. =) Kari, thanks so much for your comment. You worded what I was getting at beautifully. Alot of people have made snap judgments about Jaimie strictly based on her reactions to things without taking the time to find out where that behaviour stems from. Once we took a proactive approach to “inform to understand,” we’ve found things are better–both for us and,especially, for Jaimie. Like I said above, if Jaimie is learning to interact in her enviroment and with the people/things in it, then those people need to understand how to interact with her effectively too! And if we speak to people in plain, jargon-free language, it makes things easier. =)

]]> By: Kari http://www.shaicoggins.com/inspiration-cafe-interview-with-chynna-laird-author-and-special-needs-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-43456 Kari Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:22:32 +0000 http://www.shaicoggins.com/inspiration-cafe-interview-with-chynna-laird-author-and-special-needs-advocate/#comment-43456 Great interview! I was thinking the whole time and then nodded again when Chynna mentioned the saying about how knowledge is power - so true! People like her can make a big impact on those of us who don't know much about certain conditions and disorders by informing us what some people are maybe too afraid or ignorant to ask. In this day and age, there are so many clinical terms doctors use that it really helps for a parent to put it in terms others will understand so we can learn what we can do to improve the situation to promote a healthy environment for the child. Great interview! I was thinking the whole time and then nodded again when Chynna mentioned the saying about how knowledge is power – so true! People like her can make a big impact on those of us who don’t know much about certain conditions and disorders by informing us what some people are maybe too afraid or ignorant to ask. In this day and age, there are so many clinical terms doctors use that it really helps for a parent to put it in terms others will understand so we can learn what we can do to improve the situation to promote a healthy environment for the child.

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