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Education > K-12
Gifted Students with Disabilities: Serving Twice Exceptional Learners in K-12
...problems in his head but his reading comprehension scores say he needs intervention. The gifted coordinator says they don't qualify for advanced services with...disability might be a learning disability like dyslexia or dyscalculia, ADHD, autism, a physical disability, or a processing disorder. The combination isn't...
Research > Funding
Private Foundations Funding Disability Research: A Guide for Advocates and Families
When NIH autism research funding dropped 26% under...decade, SFARI (Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative) has funded more...research. The rest focused on early intervention and pediatric care. Private foundations...Foundation SFARI remains the anchor for autism research. Their grants range from...
News > Research
When Studies Disagree: How to Make Sense of Conflicting Research as a Special Needs Parent
...research exists across nearly every intervention parents consider: gluten-free diets...parents consider: gluten-free diets for autism, screen time limits for ADHD, optimal...outcomes for three-year-olds with autism who are minimally verbal isn't measuring...with moderate language delays. The intervention has the same name, but the populations...
Global Insights > Culture
Person-First or Identity-First? What Parents Should Know About Language in the Disability Community
...language" at your first IEP meeting. A child with autism. A person with Down syndrome. A student with a...autistic adult who says "Don't call me a person with autism. I'm autistic." You see Deaf community members...disability doesn't erase those dimensions. Most early intervention programs, school systems, and therapy clinics...
Therapies > Play
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT): What It Is and How It Helps Special Needs Families
...as it happens. For families raising children with developmental delays, autism, ADHD, or sensory processing challenges, PCIT offers something rare: a...sensory processing challenges, PCIT offers something rare: a short-term intervention, typically 14 to 20 sessions, that treats the parent-child relationship...
Therapies > Other
Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Special Needs Children: What the Research Says
...children range from well-researched interventions with credentialed practitioners...research shows for children with autism, cerebral palsy, sensory processing...placebo, natural development, or other interventions happening simultaneously. RCT-level...therapy, natural maturation, another intervention running concurrently, or placebo...
Therapies > Music
Music Therapy for Special Needs Children: What Parents Should Know
...wrong thing entirely. Music therapy is a clinical intervention. A board-certified music therapist (MT-BC) uses...Isn't). Music therapy is the clinical use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a...call-and-response singing to help a nonverbal child with autism practice turn-taking and joint attention. They...
Research > Funding
Where Research Dollars Go: Understanding Funding Gaps Across Disability Conditions
...condition. The list is short. Then you search autism or diabetes and the volume is staggering. The...budget, priorities, and decision-making process. Autism research receives approximately $296 million per...lifespan or adulthood research. The rest funded early intervention, motor development, and pediatric outcomes. For...
Parenting > The Early Years
Sleep Solutions for Young Children with Developmental Differences
...because they can self-soothe once they stop protesting. For children with autism, sensory processing differences, or other developmental disabilities, the...wrong target. Sensory Regulation Comes First. Before any behavioral sleep intervention can work, the sensory environment needs to support nervous system downregulation....
News > Research
How to Read Research About Special Needs: A Guide for Parents Who Aren't Scientists
...study: "New research proves this therapy works for autism." The link goes to a blog summarizing a press...about your child's therapies, medications, and interventions based on research you encounter secondhand....websites, not peer-reviewed journals. We're told interventions are "evidence-based" or "scientifically proven,"...
Medical > Psychiatry
When Behavior Becomes Self-Harm: A Parent's Guide to Managing Self-Injurious Behavior in Children with Intellectual Disabilities
...knowing when to escalate care isn't intuitive. Here's how to navigate the intervention hierarchy from functional assessment to psychiatric evaluation to crisis...most often in children with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities, autism, or both. In this population, SIB isn't rare. It's the norm. That doesn't...
News > Research
The Autism Research Panel That Controls $2 Billion Just Lost Its Scientists
The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee,...billion in annual autism research funding,...coordinate federal autism research across agencies...validation studies, which intervention strategies get longitudinal...representatives from the Autism Society of America...between vaccines and autism. That reconstitution...for individuals with autism spectrum disorder."...