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Balanced Learning Center

We are a 501(c)3 providing therapeutic, educational & engaging activities for individuals & families.

01/30/2026

If you have a couple of minutes, check out this video. It’s a great explanation of how the word disability is not disrespectful or offensive. It’s a value-neutral term.

01/30/2026

🎲🐉 Dungeons & Dragons Group — New session is starting soon! 🐉🎲

Our Dungeons & Dragons group is adding a second session to foster even more creativity, teamwork, and connection.

This group helps kids/teens build:
✨ friendship + community
🧠 flexible thinking + problem-solving
🗣️ communication skills
💛 confidence and belonging

📩 Registration link is in the comments or message us for more info!

01/29/2026

💛 To the caregivers who are exhausted:

If you’re holding a million details in your head…
If you’re tired of explaining your child…
If you’re fighting systems that keep asking for proof…
If your body feels like it never fully comes down…

That’s living in sustained activation.

Today, choose one supportive thing for you — even if it’s small:
☕ 10 minutes quiet
📵 fewer messages
🛑 one less demand
🫶 one person you can be honest with

Support matters for caregivers too.

01/28/2026

❄️➡️🏫 Back to school after back-to-back snow days

If today feels harder than it “should,” you’re not imagining it.

After unexpected days off, many kids — especially neurodivergent kids — aren’t being difficult…they’re re-adjusting.

Snow days disrupt:

routine and predictability

sleep and eating rhythms

sensory environment expectations

executive functioning (getting started, transitioning, shifting gears)

💛 Today’s goal doesn’t have to be perfect attendance or perfect behavior.
It can be:
✅ getting through the door
✅ doing the next step
✅ reconnecting to safety
✅ starting over gently

Support ideas for today:

extra transition warnings (“10 minutes until shoes”)

simpler demands (cut the non-essentials)

a regulation plan (movement, deep pressure, quiet)

fewer corrections, more co-regulation

name it out loud: “This feels weird after snow days.”

You have a nervous system trying to recalibrate so let's take it easy on ourselves and one another.

01/25/2026

❄️ Snowstorm Regulation Tips ❄️

There’s something about a snowstorm that tricks us. It looks quiet outside. Everything is soft, still, and even peaceful and we assume the inside of our homes is supposed to feel the same.

But for a lot of families, snow days don’t feel peaceful. They feel… edgy and restless.

The schedule disappears, everyone is stuck in the same rooms, the sensory load changes (wet socks, loud heaters, itchy layers), the movement changes, the expectations get murky, there's so much unknown (how long will it last? will we lose power? what about school?) and suddenly the whole day turns into one long stretch of:

“What do you mean we can’t go anywhere?”
“What do you mean we have to entertain ourselves?”
“What do you mean I have to share space?”

For neurodivergent kids especially, snow days can be dysregulating in a way that surprises people.

So if your house feels chaotic today…
If your child feels clingy, restless, cranky, weepy, reactive…
If you feel snappy and flooded and like you’re failing…

YOU ARE DOING YOUR BEST!

Today is not about perfect parenting (there's no such thing).
Today is just about keeping everyone regulated enough to get through the storm without turning on each other.

Lower the expectations. Shrink the day and think about the basics - food, warmth, predictability, and connection.

If all you do today is help your family feel safe in their bodies ... that is a day well-spent.

Stay warm. Be gentle. ❄️

01/20/2026

Empowered Connections supports caregivers in understanding their own parenting journey while also deepening their understanding of their child.

Families often come to us feeling overwhelmed or unsure how to make sense of evaluations, school systems, or conflicting advice. Together, we slow things down, reflect, and build clarity through honoring lived experience, values, and what actually fits your family.

We also offer a growing library of on-demand workshops that caregivers can access on their own time, because insight and support shouldn’t depend on perfect schedules.

It’s all about connection, understanding, and confidence for both caregivers and kids.

👉 Learn more about Empowered Connections or explore our workshop library when it feels right for you.

01/19/2026

Today, we quote Martin Luther King Jr. a lot.

It's important to remember that his work was about justice, even when it disrupted systems and exposed harm.

Remembering Dr. King means asking harder questions about whose lives are protected, whose are dismissed, and what it actually means to be known rather than judged.

Dr. King was clear: progress isn’t automatic.

Justice doesn’t arrive with time. It arrives because people refuse to accept harm as normal.

Honoring his legacy means more than sharing his words.
It means asking where struggle is still required, whose lives are still treated as expendable, and what it costs to stay silent.

01/18/2026

A new week is almost here and it doesn’t need perfection to be a good one.

Today is about resetting with intention:
✨ Noticing what worked
✨ Letting go of what didn’t
✨ Making room for moments of ease

Small resets matter.
Gentle starts count.
And showing up as you are is more than enough.

Here’s to a week with more connection, creativity, and care. 💛

01/17/2026

We wrapped up our first week of groups, and our hearts are full. 💙

This week in our group, kids:
🧱 Built designs that reflected their ideas
🤝 Practiced collaboration and flexible thinking
💬 Explored what friendship can look like—without pressure to perform

We focus is always on creating space to connect through shared interests, creativity, and curiosity.

Design became communication.
Play became practice.
And belonging came first.

We’re so excited for what’s ahead.

01/16/2026

The week is done.
That counts.

Whatever you need to land today ... quiet, movement, distraction, or rest ... is valid.

Wishing you a gentle start to the weekend.

01/15/2026

On MLK Day, we often hear the softened versions of Dr. King’s words... dreams, unity, hope.

But his work was also a direct challenge to systems that decide who is worthy, who is believed, and who must constantly prove themselves.

That challenge matters deeply to disabled and neurodivergent people, who live under constant assessment:

Are they capable? Ready? Compliant enough? Acceptable enough?

Judgment has always been used to uphold racism and ableism. Curiosity, humility, and accountability are what disrupt it.

I’m writing more about this... about judgment, dignity, and what it means to truly honor Dr. King’s legacy.. on Patreon.

If this resonates, I’d love for you to read along and join the conversation.

https://patreon.com/BalancedLearningCenter?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

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