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Parenting > Diagnosis
Early Diagnosis and Independent Assessments: Paving the Way for Your Child's Success
...assessments (verbal/non-verbal cognition, neuro-psychological and executive functioning, lan- guage, problem solving, social skills, attention, memory, and adaptive behavior)...
Parenting > Adulthood
Adopting a Child with Special Needs
...children or other adopted children, potential adoptive families are guided by their desire to make a...which is a wonderful starting point. Successfully parenting a child with special issues requires the attributes...among others. However, in addition, successfully parenting a child with special issues may well require extra...
Parenting > School Years
Leading Pediatric Expert Offers Eight Step Technique for Managing Children’s Behavioral Problems
...care and support after. Chasnoff provides practical behavior management techniques and proven intervention tips for parents biological, foster, or adoptive as well as teachers and healthcare practitioners. Dr. Chasnoff’s key concepts of reinforcement, punishment and logical consequences which can help...
Lifestyle > Independence
Assistive Technology for Eating Independence
...another way. Occupational therapists recommend adaptive feeding devices all the time in clinic sessions,...standard utensils frustrating or unusable. The right adaptive tools don't just make eating easier. They restore...Main Categories of Assistive Feeding Devices. Adaptive feeding tools fall into six functional categories....
Lifestyle > Independence
Life Skills Milestones for Children with Cerebral Palsy
...difference lies in how these skills are learned, what adaptive strategies support them, and which milestones...themselves independently by age three but need adaptive equipment for toileting well into elementary school....accommodations, devices, or assistance make that possible. Adaptive strategies aren't consolation prizes. They're...
Legal > Government Benefits
Medicaid Waiver Waiting Lists: How to Join and What to Expect
...Medicaid Waivers Cover. Medicaid waivers pay for services that standard Medicaid doesn't: personal care attendants, respite care, home modifications, adaptive equipment, day programs, and supported employment. These are the services that allow people with disabilities to live at home instead of in institutional...
Legal > Government Benefits
Understanding Representative Payees: Who Manages Your Child's Disability Benefits
...broadly: food, shelter, clothing, medical care, and personal items. You can use benefits for education expenses, therapy not covered by insurance, adaptive equipment, and recreational activities that support your child's development. What you cannot do is use benefits for expenses...
Career > Skills Training
Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking Skills for Workplace Success
Build adaptive problem-solving skills to handle unexpected workplace situations with confidence and competence.
Career > Interviewing
Behavioral Interview Questions and Disability: Reframing Work Experience
...across multiple specialists, advocated for accommodations in an educational setting, led a support group, or solved logistical problems that required adaptive thinking, you have legitimate answers. You just need to know how to frame them. What Behavioral Questions Are Testing. Behavioral interview questions...
Career > Discrimination
Disability Harassment at Work: Recognizing and Reporting Hostile Behavior
...related to disability Blocking or interfering with your use of approved accommodations (hiding assistive equipment, moving mobility aids, unplugging adaptive devices) Making assumptions about your capabilities and reassigning your work without cause What doesn't typically qualify on its own: ...
Career > Accommodations
Screen Reader Software and Assistive Technology Accommodations
...functions. That includes screen readers, screen magnification software, and adaptive hardware. The employer pays. Not you. This isn't a favor you're asking...low vision fall into three categories: screen access, magnification, and adaptive hardware. Screen readers convert on-screen text to synthesized speech...
Financial > Financial Planning
Assistive Technology Grants: Where the Money Is and How Families Actually Get It
...tasks easier. It includes mobility devices like wheelchairs, walkers, and adaptive bikes; communication devices including AAC systems and tablets with specialized...tablets with specialized software; positioning equipment such as standers and adaptive seating; plus orthotics, prosthetics, hearing aids, vision aids, environmental...