This month's FlagHouse Forum focuses on family vacation planning, keeping the child with special needs in mind. FlagHouse is a premier global supplier of resources for special needs and education, as well as physical activity and recreation. We are happy to partner with EP to bring its readers this forum.

Vacations allow the mind and body to recharge from stress and fatigue; and it's nice to escape everyday busyness. Children need vacation time too: school can be hard work! Vacation is a great time to enjoy good food, fun, and bonding, whether it takes you to the beach, an amusement park, camping, or cruising rivers, lakes, and oceans. Following the  tips below will help enhance your vacation and make your planning a little easier, especially when traveling with children who have special needs.

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Whether a parent chooses an adapted bike or accessorizes an off-the-shelf model, one thing’s certain—biking alongside family and friends makes for a wonderful social outing.

We’ve all heard the expression “It’s as easy as riding a bike.” But the idea of a child with special needs balancing, steering, and pedaling a bike can seem out of reach for some; especially when he may be unable to walk unaided or hold his head up without support. “Physical capabilities or stamina need not keep a child from this pleasurable outdoor pastime. Regardless of ability, there is a bike out there that he can ride, especially with today’s advancing technology,” notes Michelle Mathias, Senior Brand Manager, Going Strong™.

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This month’s FlagHouse Forum introduces sensory products which offer the benefits of deep pressure for the child who struggles with his sense of position or proprioception. FlagHouse is a premier global supplier of resources for special needs and education, as well as physical activity and recreation. We are happy to partner with EP to bring its readers this forum.

“Any activity that you do in a day requires you to process sensory information,” declares Diana Hohmann, Senior Brand Manager for FlagHouse’s Giant Leaps™ brand. “Sensory processing is the way in which our brains interpret the things you see, feel, smell, hear, and taste; and then instructs your body to behave,” she continues.

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This month’s FlagHouse Forum focuses on how to enhance family mealtime, especially for the child with special needs. FlagHouse is a premier global supplier of resources for special needs and education, as well as physical activity and recreation. We are happy to partner with EP to bring its readers this forum.

Various activities and hectic schedules can make family time scarce. Eating breakfast, lunch, or dinner together engages all of the senses: from smelling and tasting good food, to seeing loved ones and hearing their pleasant conversations, to feeling the warmth of a relative or friend’s hand.

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Welcome to the premiere edition of FlagHouse Forum! FlagHouse, a premier global supplier of resources for special needs and education, as well as physical activity and recreation. We are happy to partner with EP to bring its readers this monthly forum. It will rovide editorials on diverse subjects—all with the goal of helping to better the lives of
those with special needs.

 “Play is the work of children. It’s very serious stuff.”
— Bob Keeshan, a.k.a. “Captain Kangaroo”

The things a child learns in his first few years of life form the building blocks that make up many of the complicated things he’ll learn later on. Exposure to the alphabet, numbers, shapes, and more before the age of 5 can encourage children become confident students in school. More importantly, early learning can instill confidence and independence in children of all levels of ability so that they become effective learners and communicators outside the classroom too

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The 2011 Rodeo Tilt-In-Space pediatric wheelchair will hit the market beginning July 18th, 2011, with exciting improvements to an already well-equipped wheelchair.

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