Skagit County Parent to Parent

10/23/2025

Childcare-What to Know When Your Child Has a disability! What you'll learn: How to find childcare, how to tell if a program is safe for your child, help paying for childcare, and laws that protect your child with disabilities' civil rights in some types of childcare. Learn at https://wapave.org/childcare-what-to-know-when-your-child-has-a-disability/

10/23/2025

❄️🎄🌟Save the Date! ¡Reserva la Fecha!

10/22/2025

🐺Tomorrow night! It’s going to be a howlin’ good time.

10/22/2025

It takes effort and practice to become a quality human being, and parents and caregivers make the best coaches!

🤝💛 When families, schools and communities work together, we can stop bullying. Teach your child to be an upstander—someone who safely stands up to bullying. Learn more in the latest issue of Good Growing.
Explore tips: https://www.seattlechildrens.org/health-safety/good-growing/

10/21/2025

What's Up Wednesday is back! 👇

What are you doing this Wednesday? October 22nd?

Join us for our first What's up Wednesday of the year!

Accommodations in Extracurriculars (Sports)

7-8!

See you on Wednesday!!

10/21/2025

✨¡Aprenda todo sobre DDCS (anteriormente conocido como DDA)!

📅 Jueves, 23 de octubre de 2025 | ⏰11 a.m. a 12:30 p.m.
💻Sesión online gratuita para padres/cuidadores y profesionales

➡️Regístrate aquí: www.Bravewarriorproject.as.me/en-espanol2025

¡Empodérate de conocimiento para la educación de tus hijos!

Organizado por: The Brave Warrior Project

10/20/2025

🎓 "Transition Services & School to Work" virtual presentation with Jen Chong Jewell at The Arc of Snohomish County

[NOTE: Some of the content is specific to Snohomish County residents. However, it is still an excellent learning opportunity for Skagit County residents.]

📅 Wednesday, October 22, 2025
⏰ 11 AM to 12:30 PM
💻 via ZOOM

Topics Include:
▪️ Life after high school for students with disabilities
▪️ School based Transition Programs for ages 18-22
▪️ Planning for future employment
▪️ Outreach, Job Foundation, & School to Work
▪️ Role of disability systems & employment support

🟦REGISTER for the Zoom link: https://www.arcsno.org/civicrm/event/register/?id=579&reset=1

10/19/2025

Oh my goodness, yes it was!

10/18/2025

💠 Planning for the future, especially around finances and benefits, can become much more complex when you’re caring for someone with a disability. This webinar will give families and caregivers information to start (or refine) a master plan.

💠"Building Your Special Needs Master Plan" webinar
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
6 to 8 PM
This is a virtual meeting via Zoom and is FREE to families of loved ones of ALL AGES.

💠 REGISTER at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/RwQ7aNzlSyCVxGiw3CVtZQ #/registration

10/18/2025

🦁 Sensory Performance of Disney's The Lion King

Saturday, December 13, 2025 @ 2 PM
Paramount Theatre

WHAT IS A SENSORY-FRIENDLY PERFORMANCE?
Sensory-friendly performances are designed to provide a supportive and judgment-free environment for people affected by sensory processing challenges so they may enjoy the shared experience of live theatre.

🦁 Info & Tickets available at https://www.stgpresents.org/learn-engage/wellness-accessibility/sensory-friendly-performances/

Seattle Children'sSeattle Theatre Group

10/18/2025

Parenting While Rising to Child Developmental Challenges Series continues with Episode 2: "Holding On to Hope and Confronting Grief"

Monday, October 20, 2025
12 PM Pacific Time
Online
Register to join live or access the recording: bit.ly/f2fdc

Moderator: Jayne Singer, PhD, IECMH-EⓇ of Brazelton Touchpoints
Speaker: Lori Ann Dotson, PhD, MBA who will share the story of her daughter, Phin, an extraordinary 11-year-old who died unexpectedly earlier this year and whose life was both medically complex and rich with joy and purpose. Though Phin’s death was heartbreaking, her spirit continues to inspire through her family’s commitment to the visibility of her joy, and their unwavering belief in the right of all disabled children to a full and meaningful life.

Free and virtual. Live Spanish translation and captioning will be available.