When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Go Online
As always, our primary focus is serving families of kids with disabilities and, pandemic or no pandemic, that is what we are determined do.
News & Updates
Playtime Is Serious Business for Kids
When a baby bats at a mobile overhead, a toddler stacks blocks and knocks them down over and over or …
A Message From the Director – Summer 2020
As a human services organization that serves all Arizona families raising children who have disabilities, we stand with Black Lives Matter and all people of color
Raising Special Kids Continues to Provide Services Virtually
Raising Special Kids will continue to serve Arizona’s families of children who have disabilities and special health care needs with the full range of family support services through phone, email, mail, online, virtual and other distance platforms
Helping to Navigate New Terrain
How Raising Special Kids helped one mom in crisis find resources for her family.
DeVos Does Not Recommend Any Waivers for IDEA
During the pandemic, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos chose not to waive any provisions of the IDEA.
Here With Families. Here For Families.
Though our physical offices are closed to the public, our dedicated staff are on hand to provide the full range of Raising Special Kids family support services.
Organization Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Taking into account the recommendations from the CDC and ADHS, in-person workshops and trainings for all audiences are canceled until further notice
Raising Special Kids and Mesa Public Schools Partnering to Develop MPS Special Education Advisory Council
Read about a new project in parent and family engagement as we embark on the creation of the Mesa Public Schools Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC).
Exactly Where We Needed to Be
Stacey Gordon, whose alter ego is Julia, the lovable Sesame Street-dwelling Muppet with autism, shared some of many times throughout her life she’s found herself exactly where she needed to be.