Instant Access to Support, Ideas, and Practical Guidance For Parents, Teachers, and rofessionals Perplexed by Special Needs Now Available with Low-Cost Ideal Lives Membership.

Figuring out how to successfully include a child with special needs in a regular education classroom is a daunting proposition. Parents and professionals struggle with isolation, exhaustion, stress and constantly shrinking budgets. Information and empowerment can help change this crisis to a managable challenge.

Enid, OK (PRWEB) February 17, 2004 --Until now, figuring out how to successfully include a child with special needs in a regular education classroom was a daunting challenge. Parents are isolated, exhausted and stressed; teachers are asked to accommodate needs that are unrelated to their training or seem impossible on top of their normal class duties; professionals are juggling overwhelming caseloads and handcuffed by constantly shrinking budgets. Each feels like they have to figure it out" on their own.

While the Internet offers a wealth of useful information, search engines turn up only a small fraction of this information and then only for the most industrious information seeker with large amounts of time to invest. Now the Ideal Lives Project enables parents and professionals to find, within minutes, practical, field-tested ideas and resources to help them tackle virtually any special needs dilemma.

Parents and professionals really want to do the right thing for kids who have special needs, but they simply dont have the information they need to make effective choices or the free time to go find it," says Lisa Simmons, director of the Ideal Lives Project. Our focus is on making support simple -- connecting advocates to answers quickly and conveniently. Weve created a cohesive, interactive online community for the millions of parents and professionals struggling to meet this challenge alone."

Besides the comprehensive, constantly updated database of special needs resources, Ideal Lives members have access to expert tips on advocacy and inclusion from site mentors and fellow advocates.

Membership in Ideal Lives costs $9.95 a month or $99 a year. For more information or to sign up, advocates should visit http://www.ideallives.com.
For: IdealLives.com, 416 Frances, Enid, OK 73703.
Contact: Lisa Simmons (580) 242-2273, lisa@ideallives.com.
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