#65: From Education to Therapy: The Gut Honesty of Championing Kids with Special Needs with Kelly Bagwell

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Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.9 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Championing kids with special needs or medical disabilities can be quite difficult on many levels.

First, there's the academic needs of the child. For instance, in some school systems, grades become emphasized over emotional development or character. Other schools lack the resources to champion the heart or strengths of the child.

In addition, there's the therapeutic needs of the child. From a financial perspective, this can put quite a strain on the family.

We close out this three-part series on families with children who have disabilities or special needs by talking with Kelly Bagwell. She and her husband Jeff are on the latter end of the journey, as their twin boys (who are on the autism spectrum) are about to graduate high school. She is also a high school teacher with special education students and a certified Christian counselor. So her perspective comes from all sides.

However, as you listen, especially if you're a parent, what you'll hear is raw emotion and honesty about how to champion your family and kids. It's an honest conversation about the challenges, necessary steps, and gifts of raising children with special needs.

Show Notes:

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0:00.0	We all have family picture frames.
0:11.8	Who are the people in yours?
0:13.4	I'm Josh.
0:14.4	And I'm Christy.
0:15.8	In This Together is a podcast where we discuss topics related to today's family.
0:23.4	We also go behind the scenes to share stories from our own crooked picture frame. And we interview guests to discover how their
0:28.5	stories can give us insight on becoming families who live, love, and lead well. Because you're
0:34.3	not alone. We're in this together. This episode of the In This Together podcast
0:43.1	is brought to you by Lifeway Women. For more information about all the events Lifeway
0:48.4	Women has to offer, visit lifeway.com slash women's events. Welcome back. Kelly Bagwell. Thank you so much for joining us on the
0:59.8	program today. Thank you. Thanks for having me. I would love to get into your story. You have twin
1:04.9	18-year-old boys and we have already done some episodes talking about this topic with families from in the early
1:13.1	years.
1:14.1	We've talked about it with a family kind of in the middle school years.
1:18.4	You're on the other side of this, but not only are you on the other side or your boys
1:22.1	getting ready to graduate, but you also are a high school teacher, you're certified counselor, and you've been a teacher
1:32.8	working with special needs kids within the school system. So you've got a lot of different
1:38.1	angles here as a mom, as a high school teacher, but also as a counselor. Invite us into your
1:43.6	story a little bit.
1:45.1	And then we want to talk in this episode about the educational piece, how parents can really
1:50.6	navigate the educational piece, as well as the therapeutic part of it and the counseling aspect
1:54.8	of it. But begin by inviting us into your story a bit.
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