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Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Special Needs Children: What the Research Says
Your child's therapist suggests craniosacral therapy. A friend swears...wonder if any of it has real evidence behind it. Alternative and complementary therapies for special needs...evidence behind it. Alternative and complementary therapies for special needs children range from well-researched...
News > Research
The Autism Research Panel That Controls $2 Billion Just Lost Its Scientists
...agencies and set priorities for what gets studied and funded. When the IACC says something is a priority, that shapes where grant money flows: which therapies get validation studies, which intervention strategies get longitudinal research, which questions even get asked. On January 28, HHS announced a complete...
Health > Alternative Medicine
Alternative Medicine for Special Needs: A Parent's Guide to Evidence, Safety, and Decision-Making
...of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is vast,...whether to consider alternatives. It's knowing which...Use. Parents turn to alternative medicine frequently....about complementary therapies, but the data shows...research and implement alternatives without professional...safety check. Which Therapies Have the Best Evidence....
Health > Alternative Medicine
Music Therapy and Art Therapy: When Creative Interventions Become Medical Treatment
...looking into creative therapies as part of a comprehensive...Board Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC) holds a credential...Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT). The credential...national board exam. MT-BC therapists design individualized...session by session. An Art Therapist Registered (ATR) holds...supervision. Like MT-BC therapists, ATRs work within a...
Therapies > Speech
How AAC Devices Help Nonverbal Children Communicate
...speech, the gap between what they want to say and what they can express becomes a daily weight for the whole family. AAC, short for augmentative and alternative communication, is a category of tools designed to bridge that gap and to give children a real voice in their own lives. AAC doesn't replace the goal...
Health > Alternative Medicine
Alternative Therapies: Inherent Risks and Effectiveness #1: Hyperbaric Oxygen
...Autistic Syndrome (ASD) grows, there are many therapies utilized in this field that had not been scientifically...that hyperbaric oxygen therapy has a significant therapeutic effect in infections of limbs, in which anaerobic...hyperbaric oxygen is of incredible value as a therapeutic tool. However, to my knowledge, there is...
Therapies > Other
Expressive Arts Therapy
...essentially creativity. When I was a behavioral therapist, I was continually challenged to solve the problems...easier to absorb and recall. An expressive arts therapist engages an individual's three levels of experience—physical,...embodied ways produces different results and is an alternative experience from typical verbal and mental routes...
Therapies > Physical
Helping Child with Special Needs Through Yoga
...pleased with the results. Many families with special children are embracing alternative therapies, including yoga, to complement conventional approaches. According...results. Many families with special children are embracing alternative therapies, including yoga, to complement conventional approaches. According to Mayo...
Therapies > Music
How to Pay for Music Therapy: Insurance, Medicaid Waivers, and Grant Programs
...therapy is classified. But that "no" isn't the end of the funding conversation. There are systems designed specifically to fund developmental and therapeutic services that insurance won't touch. Why Insurance Usually Says No. Insurance companies fund medically necessary treatment. Music therapy is typically...
Special Needs > Mobility Limitations
Appealing a Power Wheelchair Insurance Denial: A Step-by-Step Guide
...using a manual wheelchair Home environment not assessed: No occupational therapist evaluation showing the child can operate the wheelchair safely at home...showing the child can operate the wheelchair safely at home and school Alternative not ruled out: The insurer believes a manual wheelchair or other mobility...
Research > Brain Science
Neuroplasticity Across Disabilities: The Science of Brain Change in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and Stroke
...before. Neuroplasticity. Your child's neurologist mentions it. The physical therapist brings it up. Someone in a parent support group says it's why early intervention...or underdeveloped, the brain can recruit neighboring regions or build alternative routes to accomplish the same function through three mechanisms: Synaptic...
Special Needs > Cerebral Palsy
AAC for Children with Cerebral Palsy: Finding the Right Communication System
...points, she vocalizes, she finds ways to tell you what she needs. When the therapist brought up AAC, you hesitated. She's already working so hard on speech....it's built on a misunderstanding about what AAC does. Augmentative and alternative communication doesn't replace speech. It supplements it, supports it,...