Make sure you register for this special event, we are celebrating everyone's unbirthday, Saturday September 13th 1:30 to 3:00 pm. This event is designed for children with special needs; however, their siblings are welcome too! This event will be held at Oak Park Christian Center in the new Special Forces room near the CMC. Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit, and Alice have said they plan on stopping by. Emily Wallin will be back taking photos for this event, and to make it a little more fun kids they will be able to use Wonderland props in their photos. Thank you to Irene Willoughby each child will be able to take home a tea cup!
For more information visit their newest updated email or their webpage!
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Monday, August 25, 2014
Monday, February 10, 2014
Social Club: Day Out! Breakfast and a Pedi!
Look at our last Social Club event! It started out as breakfast with two amazing kids, but then the girls got an idea.
For those of you who don't know the boy is my son, so I didn't feel to guilty having fun with the girl and letting him hang out with his dad. (Autumn)
For those of you who don't know the boy is my son, so I didn't feel to guilty having fun with the girl and letting him hang out with his dad. (Autumn)
Monday, February 3, 2014
All in Need, Family Support has a new look!
We are thrilled to report that through the month of February you will see changes in our website, newsletters, and other things here at AiN!
Offering the service with a new look! Visit our website today.
Offering the service with a new look! Visit our website today.
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Santa Came to Town!
Though Santa has come and gone, he and Mrs. Claus made a special stop to visit and have breakfast with some of our AiN children and their families on December 14th.Twenty-five participants in all. Mrs. Claus had made a special batch of candy canes just for the visit and Santa brought gifts for each child. Both Mrs. Claus and Santa graciously took time to have their pictures taken with the children and volunteers.
For more on this blog post visit AiN's blog
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Breakfast with Santa for Children with Special Needs
Saturday, December 14th at 9 am to 10:30 am
Make sure you register for this special event, Breakfast with Santa. Santa will be bring presents listening to your child's wishlist, and enjoying breakfast with the kids.
Register today! Traditional or gluten free breakfast is available. $10 per child or VIP sitting for $25 charges will occur $1 handling fee. (Space is limited).
Prices cover:
* Gluten free or traditional breakfast
* Present from Santa
* Photos from Brittany Erin Photography.
For more information visit our website.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Fears of a Mother of a Special Need’s Child
By Autumn Green from All In Need, Family Support
Yaakov, my eleven year old who has Aspergers, was invited over to a friend’s house. He has known this child for a couple of years, but today was their first play date. I was so excited for him to have yet another experience of friendship and be able to experience being at a friend’s house.
As I dropped him off for a two hour play date, I did let the boy’s father know that Yaakov is on autism spectrum. He may not talk to you, but he isn’t being disrespectful give him time and he will break through his wall.
An hour later, I received a call from the boy’s father. “I don’t think your son is doing okay.” My first thought is he lost it and his anger is out of control. But, no it wasn’t that, he had gotten sick and thrown up. The father reported that they were playing a driving game on Xbox, and asked if he got motion sickness. I said yes, but never from a video game. I said it could be his anxiety that caused it too.
Read more HERE.
Yaakov, my eleven year old who has Aspergers, was invited over to a friend’s house. He has known this child for a couple of years, but today was their first play date. I was so excited for him to have yet another experience of friendship and be able to experience being at a friend’s house.
As I dropped him off for a two hour play date, I did let the boy’s father know that Yaakov is on autism spectrum. He may not talk to you, but he isn’t being disrespectful give him time and he will break through his wall.
An hour later, I received a call from the boy’s father. “I don’t think your son is doing okay.” My first thought is he lost it and his anger is out of control. But, no it wasn’t that, he had gotten sick and thrown up. The father reported that they were playing a driving game on Xbox, and asked if he got motion sickness. I said yes, but never from a video game. I said it could be his anxiety that caused it too.
Read more HERE.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
AiN September - 5 More Days of Early Registration
From All in Need, Family Support
Register Now
Register Now
If you haven't done so already, please update your child's annual enrollment forms; these forms are required before registering your child for an event. Please visit our webpage to update your child's Annual Enrollment Forms. If your child will be attending an AiN event preregistration is required. Thank you!
Read more HERE.
Read more HERE.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Balancing Life With a Special Needs Children
We all have to balance our lives it doesn’t matter if we have kids with special needs or not. Everyone has to take time to balance their daily life! I am failing!
Parenting
This summer I have allowed too much screen time. What happened to my 30 minutes a day and figure out something else to do rule? What happened to making sure they get their chores and summer studying done before they do anything else? Yup, failing! I have managed to get the kids registered for school and have taken the youngest to school so he was able to figure out where all his classrooms are located. We’ve done sleepovers and went on vacation, but to actually make sure the kids were active this summer, I didn’t. I had planned on it and then life happened and, well next thing I know it is a week until school starts.
To read more visit AiN's blog.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
All in Need, Family Support Social Group
When: Sat Aug 3, 2013
Time: 1pm – 2:30pm
Where: Oak Park Christian Center
Where: Oak Park Christian Center
2073 Oak Park Blvd. Pleasant Hill (map)
Sunday, July 14, 2013
All in Need, Family Support Social Group
When: Thursday, July 18, 2013
Time: 6:30pm – 8pm
Where: St Andrews Church 1601 Mary Dr. Pleasant Hill, CA (map)
Where: St Andrews Church 1601 Mary Dr. Pleasant Hill, CA (map)
Sunday, June 23, 2013
AiN July Registration
Register Now
If you haven't done so already, please update your child's annual enrollment forms; these forms are required before registering your child for an event. Please visit our webpage to update your child's Annual Enrollment Forms. If your child will be attending an AiN event preregistration is required. Thank you!
More information HERE.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
AiN June Registration
From All in Need, Family Support
Register Now
Register Now
If you haven't done so already, please update your child's annual enrollment forms; these forms are required before registering your child for an event. Please visit our webpage to update your child's Annual Enrollment Forms. If your child will be attending an AiN event preregistration is required. Thank you!
Read more HERE.
AiN June News
Respite Survey:
AiN is asking for just a few minutes of your time. We are trying to find out how families value respite care. If your child has ADHD, ASD, OCD, Tourettes, Speech and Language Delays, Sensory Processing, Mitochondrial Disease, Down Syndrome or anything else that wasn't included, please take a second and fill out the following survey. This includes families that haven't used All in Need, Family Support, please take a minute and fill out the survey. Respite Survey
AiN is asking for just a few minutes of your time. We are trying to find out how families value respite care. If your child has ADHD, ASD, OCD, Tourettes, Speech and Language Delays, Sensory Processing, Mitochondrial Disease, Down Syndrome or anything else that wasn't included, please take a second and fill out the following survey. This includes families that haven't used All in Need, Family Support, please take a minute and fill out the survey. Respite Survey
Read more HERE.
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Another MRI, More Anesthesia, and my Asperger’s Son
By Autumn Green from All in Need Newsletter May 2013
Sitting in the waiting room, waiting again, waiting for them to finish another MRI. It has been a couple of years since Yaakov, our 11 year old son, has had his last MRI.
At one time in my life, I would have wished one of those tests would have showed something wrong. Yet, every time I think about that guilt fills me up. But, the truth is if one of those tests showed something it would mean they would know what is wrong and we could fix the problem. I had a friend one time tell me I think more as a man then a women. I want answers so I can come up with a solution and fix it. I don’t mind talking about life and the problems but I don’t want to live in the problem I want to fix it. So, I don’t know if the need or the want of results is typical for a mother, but I needed them. Our answers were always not the answers I had hoped for or they would find something and they thought the results found could be the cause of a different issue, but after more tests, the answer was always no that isn’t the cause. Always the same, results of the tests never answered why our youngest son was so different than his brother and other boys we knew. At that time in my life of course my anxiety was always high, so scared of the answers we would receive, scared of the answers we wouldn’t receive, and scared my son’s life just wouldn’t be, wouldn’t be what? I don’t know what I was scared of if things would continue to get worse, if he would have a normal life, or wouldn’t get answers.
Today, watching him be put under; I realized how far we have come. We aren’t at the doctors or therapist every week. His life has changed so much and I am truly grateful for how things have improved.
So, what do I want the results to show now? Honestly, I am annoyed we have to do another test and more money is going out. Yaakov suffers from migraines and one time the migraine had stroke like symptoms and it was the scariest thing to see; your 10 year old son struggle in that way. The neurologist is having the MRI done to make sure there is nothing on his brain, but is doing it out of caution not because she really thinks something is there. So, this time I sit in the waiting room grateful for our insurance and believing nothing will be found and I am totally at peace with that.
Of course, I cannot help but think that it would it would only be us sitting in a waiting room because my son gets what is called complicated migraines, weakness on one side of the body and slurring of his speech. Neurology India Hemiplegic migraine, is listed as a rare disorder especially in the pediatric population. With that Medscape says it is estimated 3.5-5% of children gets migraines (this is just a typical migraine. Not saying people don’t suffer from them, I know they do because I am one of them.) And in The Migraine Trust they have published that migraines affect women 16% compared to migraines affecting men at only 5%. So of course, I cannot help but think only my son would have something else wrong with him and of course it has to be something that isn’t very common.
It isn’t that I feel sorry for him or myself, it is just another thing we as a family have to deal with. Yaakov is strong, and because of how tough he is it makes it that much easier to be strong for my Little Monkey.
I have no wise advice to make for those who are in similar situations. Like the old saying goes a day at a time and for me I hold onto the verse, For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11. With all that Yaakov has been through I cannot wait to see the man that is being formed.
Nurse just walked in and he is waking up……..
The articles is may not be the belief of AiN Board Members or AiN, but only the writers.
Article HERE.
Sitting in the waiting room, waiting again, waiting for them to finish another MRI. It has been a couple of years since Yaakov, our 11 year old son, has had his last MRI.
At one time in my life, I would have wished one of those tests would have showed something wrong. Yet, every time I think about that guilt fills me up. But, the truth is if one of those tests showed something it would mean they would know what is wrong and we could fix the problem. I had a friend one time tell me I think more as a man then a women. I want answers so I can come up with a solution and fix it. I don’t mind talking about life and the problems but I don’t want to live in the problem I want to fix it. So, I don’t know if the need or the want of results is typical for a mother, but I needed them. Our answers were always not the answers I had hoped for or they would find something and they thought the results found could be the cause of a different issue, but after more tests, the answer was always no that isn’t the cause. Always the same, results of the tests never answered why our youngest son was so different than his brother and other boys we knew. At that time in my life of course my anxiety was always high, so scared of the answers we would receive, scared of the answers we wouldn’t receive, and scared my son’s life just wouldn’t be, wouldn’t be what? I don’t know what I was scared of if things would continue to get worse, if he would have a normal life, or wouldn’t get answers.
Today, watching him be put under; I realized how far we have come. We aren’t at the doctors or therapist every week. His life has changed so much and I am truly grateful for how things have improved.
So, what do I want the results to show now? Honestly, I am annoyed we have to do another test and more money is going out. Yaakov suffers from migraines and one time the migraine had stroke like symptoms and it was the scariest thing to see; your 10 year old son struggle in that way. The neurologist is having the MRI done to make sure there is nothing on his brain, but is doing it out of caution not because she really thinks something is there. So, this time I sit in the waiting room grateful for our insurance and believing nothing will be found and I am totally at peace with that.
Of course, I cannot help but think that it would it would only be us sitting in a waiting room because my son gets what is called complicated migraines, weakness on one side of the body and slurring of his speech. Neurology India Hemiplegic migraine, is listed as a rare disorder especially in the pediatric population. With that Medscape says it is estimated 3.5-5% of children gets migraines (this is just a typical migraine. Not saying people don’t suffer from them, I know they do because I am one of them.) And in The Migraine Trust they have published that migraines affect women 16% compared to migraines affecting men at only 5%. So of course, I cannot help but think only my son would have something else wrong with him and of course it has to be something that isn’t very common.
It isn’t that I feel sorry for him or myself, it is just another thing we as a family have to deal with. Yaakov is strong, and because of how tough he is it makes it that much easier to be strong for my Little Monkey.
I have no wise advice to make for those who are in similar situations. Like the old saying goes a day at a time and for me I hold onto the verse, For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11. With all that Yaakov has been through I cannot wait to see the man that is being formed.
Nurse just walked in and he is waking up……..
The articles is may not be the belief of AiN Board Members or AiN, but only the writers.
Article HERE.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
All in Need, Family Support Social Group
When: Saturday, June 1, 2013
Time: 1pm – 2:30pm
Where: Oak Park Christian Center 2073 Oak Park Blvd. Pleasant Hill (map)
Where: Oak Park Christian Center 2073 Oak Park Blvd. Pleasant Hill (map)
Sunday, April 21, 2013
AiN May Registration
From All in Need, Family Support
The mission of All in Need, Family Support is to provide support to families with children, ages 18 and under, that have special needs in the East Bay Area. By offering respite care in a nurturing and learning environment; promoting social interaction, gross and fine motor activities all in a sensory based atmosphere.
If you haven't done so already, please update your child's annual enrollment forms; these forms are required before registering your child for an event. Please visit our webpage to update your child's Annual Enrollment Forms. If your child will be attending an AiN event preregistration is required.
Register Now HERE.
The mission of All in Need, Family Support is to provide support to families with children, ages 18 and under, that have special needs in the East Bay Area. By offering respite care in a nurturing and learning environment; promoting social interaction, gross and fine motor activities all in a sensory based atmosphere.
If you haven't done so already, please update your child's annual enrollment forms; these forms are required before registering your child for an event. Please visit our webpage to update your child's Annual Enrollment Forms. If your child will be attending an AiN event preregistration is required.
Register Now HERE.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
All in Need, Family Support Social Group
When: Thursday, April 18, 2013
Time: 6:30pm – 8pm
Where: St Andrews Church, 1601 Mary Dr., Pleasant Hill, CA (map)
Where: St Andrews Church, 1601 Mary Dr., Pleasant Hill, CA (map)
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Art with Girl Scout Scholarships Available - All in Need
From AiN
Social Club: Day Out!: This event is planned for Saturday, April 6th at Oak Park Christian Center in the back classroom of the CMC from 1 pm to 2:30. Casey a girl scout who is working on receiving her gold award will be giving our kids an art lesson! This special event is only $5 until Monday, April 1st. Register now! Payments received after Monday, April 1st will be charged $10 event fee; Payments at the door are consider late registration and will be charged a $5 late fee on top of regular registration cost.
We have 8 scholarships available for this event.
Social Club: Day Out!: This event is planned for Saturday, April 6th at Oak Park Christian Center in the back classroom of the CMC from 1 pm to 2:30. Casey a girl scout who is working on receiving her gold award will be giving our kids an art lesson! This special event is only $5 until Monday, April 1st. Register now! Payments received after Monday, April 1st will be charged $10 event fee; Payments at the door are consider late registration and will be charged a $5 late fee on top of regular registration cost.
We have 8 scholarships available for this event.
Read more HERE.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Rocco's Fundraiser, Tomorrow
Fundraiser at Rocco's Pizzeria's for Lunch and Dinner!
When: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Lunch and Dinner
Where: 2909 Ygnacio Valley Road Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Join us at Rocco's for lunch and dinner to support All in Need, Family Support. Tell them your there to support us and they will give AiN a generous portion of food and drink sales. If you want to bring a flyer, please click here. See you there, and thank you for helping AiNout!
When: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Lunch and Dinner
Where: 2909 Ygnacio Valley Road Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Join us at Rocco's for lunch and dinner to support All in Need, Family Support. Tell them your there to support us and they will give AiN a generous portion of food and drink sales. If you want to bring a flyer, please click here. See you there, and thank you for helping AiNout!
Read HERE.
All in Need, Family Support Social Group
When: Saturday, March 2, 2013
Time: 1pm – 2:30pm
Where: Oak Park Christian Center, 2073 Oak Park Blvd., Pleasant Hill (map)
Where: Oak Park Christian Center, 2073 Oak Park Blvd., Pleasant Hill (map)
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