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Social Skills Groups for Elementary-Age Children with ADHD
Lifestyle > Relationships

Social Skills Groups for Elementary-Age Children with ADHD

By Alice Whitman
...turn-taking while they talk. The facilitator introduces the day's skill, like active listening, models it, and then the group practices through role-play. One...while they talk. The facilitator introduces the day's skill, like active listening, models it, and then the group practices through role-play. One child tells...
Customer Service Skills for Employment: Training and Accommodations
Career > Skills Training

Customer Service Skills for Employment: Training and Accommodations

By Dr. Mia Wilson
...training teaches how to greet customers, ask clarifying questions, use active listening, and close interactions professionally. It includes script-based...training teaches how to greet customers, ask clarifying questions, use active listening, and close interactions professionally. It includes script-based frameworks...
Talking Love: Communication Guidelines for Special Needs Individuals in Relationships
Social Engagement > Dating and Relationships

Talking Love: Communication Guidelines for Special Needs Individuals in Relationships

By James Williams
...Navigating the Art of Listening Active listening forms...the Art of Listening Active listening forms the cornerstone...of listening Active listening forms the cornerstone...special needs, being an active listener demands focus,...conversation, are all active listening traits. These...conversation, are all active listening traits. These small,...
Dating with Special Needs: A Communication-Focused Approach
Social Engagement > Dating and Relationships

Dating with Special Needs: A Communication-Focused Approach

By James Williams
...certain key skills, which include: Active Listening: This involves not just...key skills, which include: Active Listening: This involves not just hearing what...needs can be empowered to practice active listening with their partners and...can be empowered to practice active listening with their partners and ensure their...
Sensory Self-Care Tools for Adults with Autism
Lifestyle > Self-Care

Sensory Self-Care Tools for Adults with Autism

By Dr. Eileen Hart
...of tools that address the most common regulation needs: weighted items for grounding, sound management for auditory control, and tactile tools for active regulation. Each category serves a specific purpose. Understanding that purpose helps you choose tools that work for your nervous system. Weighted...
Moving from a Nursing Home to Community Housing Under Olmstead
Legal > Housing

Moving from a Nursing Home to Community Housing Under Olmstead

By Henry Bennett
...Practice. Olmstead does not guarantee immediate placement. States can maintain waiting lists and phase in community services, but they must demonstrate active progress toward...
Temporary Accommodations During Medical Treatment or Recovery
Career > Accommodations

Temporary Accommodations During Medical Treatment or Recovery

By Liam Fitzgerald
...lasts six weeks can be covered. A condition that lasts six months definitely is. What matters is the impact on your ability to function while it's active. When to Request an Accommodation. Request accommodations as soon as you know you'll...
Voice-Activated Emergency Calling for People Living Alone with Disabilities
Assistive Tech > Virtual Assistants

Voice-Activated Emergency Calling for People Living Alone with Disabilities

By Leonard Thompson
...can assess the situation, contact emergency services on your behalf, and stay on the line until help arrives. You need an Alexa-enabled device and an active subscription to Alexa Together ($19.99/month or $199/year). The subscription unlocks Urgent Response plus fall detection (if you have a compatible...
Private Foundations Funding Disability Research: A Guide for Advocates and Families
Research > Funding

Private Foundations Funding Disability Research: A Guide for Advocates and Families

By Kelsey James
...report spending years in leadership training before making investment decisions on disability research. This lag reflects institutional blind spots, not active avoidance. Small patient populations don't generate the donor urgency that cancer or heart disease do. Academic prestige doesn't cluster around disability...
Brain Connectivity and Cerebral Palsy: Why More Isn't Always Better
Research > Brain Science

Brain Connectivity and Cerebral Palsy: Why More Isn't Always Better

By Emily Thompson
...during motor tasks and comparing that to standardized assessments of each child's motor function. Children with more widespread connectivity, more active pathways across more brain regions, scored lower on those assessments. Children with more focused, direct connectivity did better. What the brain was...
Brain-Computer Interfaces for Children Who Can't Speak: Research, Reality, and How to Access Trials
Research > Assistive Tech

Brain-Computer Interfaces for Children Who Can't Speak: Research, Reality, and How to Access Trials

By William Lewis
...wearable BCI for stroke rehabilitation in April 2021. Research into communication applications for children with severe motor and speech disabilities is active and growing. But most of what you'll read about is still in labs, most studies recruit adults, and the gap between "approved for adults" and "usable...
The Healthcare Transition at 21: How to Prepare Your Child (and Yourself) for the Shift to Adult Care
Global Insights > Healthcare

The Healthcare Transition at 21: How to Prepare Your Child (and Yourself) for the Shift to Adult Care

By Ivy Sullivan
...transfer to adult care. They smoke more than their peers without transition support. They're screened for cancer less often. They're less physically active, and they die younger. The cliff isn't just about finding a new doctor. It's about entering a system that wasn't designed for adults who had pediatric...

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