Click here for latest update from our directors on resuming campus operations. If you have any questions, you may email info@horizonsschool.org and a staff member will get back to you in a timely manner. Current students may also email their advisor.
Click here for latest update from our directors. If you have any questions, you may email info@horizonsschool.org and a staff member will get back to you in a timely manner. Current students may also email their advisor.
Click here for the latest update from our directors. If you have any questions, you may email info@horizonsschool.org and a staff member will get back to you in a timely manner. Current students may also email their advisor.
Click here for latest update from our directors.
For an easy way to keep track of your spending while you are home, you may find this handout helpful: My Spending Diary. Regions Bank has also generously provided us with a document will give you good tips for avoiding financial fraud: Fraud Prevention for Students.
If you have any questions, you may email info@horizonsschool.org and a staff member will get back to you in a timely manner. Current students may also email their advisor.
Positive Parenting your Horizons Student for Independence
Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2019
The theme for this issue of Positive Parenting is changing expectations and roles when parenting a young adult with learning disabilities. Parents aim to develop life skills that will sustain community independence, yet best intentions may hinder growth and adaptation!
Attempts to minimize challenges and avoid frustration lead some parents to act like a lawnmower or helicopter. A recent nationally representative poll of parents and young adults ages 18-28 was conducted by the New York Times and Morning Consult. Results from 1,136 parents and 1,508 young adults revealed intrusive parenting practices that impede their child’s developing maturity.
Nearly one-fourth of parents help their child study for a college exam. Three fourths of respondents remind their adult child of deadlines to meet and schedule their appointments, including for clinical care. Sixteen percent helped write all or part of applications for an internship or paid job. Eleven percent contact their adult child’s employer to discuss issues at work. Twelve percent help their adult child to pay rent and other bills.
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