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Parenting > The Early Years
Preparing Your Child for a Hospital Stay
...hospitalization: Provide age appropriate details....hospitalization: Provide age appropriate details. Allow realistic...hospital lingo. Age Appropriate Details...hospital lingo. Age Appropriate Details How much...depends upon their age and maturity level....toddlers need more preparation than their children...they don't provide preparation, parents need to ask....
Social Engagement > Dating and Relationships
A Parent's Guide to Supporting Your Teen with Special Needs in Their First Relationships
...their teen shows interest in dating. By then, you're behind. Body autonomy, appropriate touch, private versus public behavior: these concepts take longer to internalize...understood. A child who only knows family-specific euphemisms can't. By age 8 or 9, you should be having...
Global Insights > Advocacy
Teaching Your Child to Self-Advocate: Age-by-Age Strategies from Elementary Through High School
...years, with you stepping back as your child steps forward. Here's what that progression looks like at each stage. Elementary School: Ages 5–10. At this age, self-advocacy means understanding their own needs and being able to name them in simple terms. Your child isn't negotiating yet, but they're learning...
Education > Special Education
Aging Out of Special Education: A Parent's Guide to Transition Services and 18-22 Programs
...remain eligible through age 22 or until they earn...should begin at any age if appropriate for...begin at any age if appropriate for your child. Transition...the IEP. Starting at age 16 (or earlier), the...living skills: where appropriate, goals related to...goal must be based on age-appropriate assessments...must be based on age-appropriate assessments of your...
Special Needs > Cancer
Supporting Siblings When a Child Has Cancer: A Family Guide
...gets filtered. Parents explain the diagnosis to the child with cancer in age-appropriate detail. Siblings often get a version filtered through parental...filtered. Parents explain the diagnosis to the child with cancer in age-appropriate detail. Siblings often get a version filtered through parental exhaustion:...
Parenting > The Early Years
How to Support Your Typical Child When Their Sibling Has Special Needs
...that happens when "later" becomes "never" too many times in a row. What Age-Appropriate Explanations Do. Explaining a sibling's disability isn't just...happens when "later" becomes "never" too many times in a row. What Age-Appropriate Explanations Do. Explaining a sibling's disability isn't just about information....
Parenting > Early Intervention
Home-Based or Clinic-Based Therapy: How to Choose What's Right for Your Child
...Natural environments include your home, daycare, or other settings where same-age peers without disabilities spend time. This doesn't mean home therapy is...default unless there's a documented reason clinic-based services are more appropriate. Parents can request clinic-based services if they believe it's the better...
Lifestyle > Independence
Teaching Self-Advocacy: How to Help Your Child Speak Up for Their Needs
Practical guide to developing self-advocacy skills from elementary through high school, with age-appropriate scripts.
Global Insights > Employment
The Real Path to Employment: What Happens Between High School and Your Child's First Paycheck
...law, transition planning must begin by age 16. Many states require it earlier,...Many states require it earlier, at age 14 or 15. Transition planning is part...identifies: Postsecondary goals based on age-appropriate assessments Transition...identifies: Postsecondary goals based on age-appropriate assessments Transition services needed...
Education > Higher Education
From IDEA to ADA: What Students with Disabilities Lose and Gain in the College Transition
...Ends. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act guarantees free and appropriate public education for students with disabilities through age 21, or high...and appropriate public education for students with disabilities through age 21, or high school graduation. Under IDEA, schools are responsible for identifying...
Global Insights > Laws
Empowering Students with Disabilities through Inclusive Education Worldwide
...all students, regardless of any challenges they may have, are placed in age-appropriate general education classes that are in their own neighborhood...students, regardless of any challenges they may have, are placed in age-appropriate general education classes that are in their own neighborhood schools to...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day: Trash Chaos
...and plastic recyclables, and you simply need to drag the objects into the appropriate bin. Be careful of the trash wave, during which you'll have to work quickly...there are 24 fun-filled levels to complete. You can also input your child's age and grade, so the game adapts to your child's ability. Each level also includes...