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Teaching Your Child to Self-Advocate: Age-by-Age Strategies from Elementary Through High School
Global Insights > Advocacy

Teaching Your Child to Self-Advocate: Age-by-Age Strategies from Elementary Through High School

By Benjamin Thompson
...elementary school, when your...child learns to name what they...often ask when to start teaching...can explain to a lunch aide...ones. The transition from parent...parent advocacy to self-advocacy...you stepping back as your child...Elementary School: Ages 5–10....being able to name them in...they're learning to recognize when...working and how to communicate...communicate that to a trusted adult....
Returning to School After Childhood Cancer: What Families Need to Know
Special Needs > Cancer

Returning to School After Childhood Cancer: What Families Need to Know

By Aiden Moore
...ago. They're back in school...They're back in school full-time....full-time. But the transition isn't going...need time to catch up,...and most schools won't recognize...know what to ask for. What...Treatment Does to the Brain....Radiation to the head or...like trying to run software...more time to move information...more time to retrieve it,...more time to respond to...to respond to a question...
Top 5 Ways to Make Back to School Time Easy + Best Special Needs Programs
Education > K-12

Top 5 Ways to Make Back to School Time Easy + Best Special Needs Programs

By Bonnie Terry
Back to... Back to school...to school time...heading back to...back to school...to school as...start back until...time to start...the transition from...vacation to being...being back in...in school. You...the transition back...transition back to...back to school...to school often...5 Back to...Back to School...to School Tips...(See Back to...Back to School...to School Special...the School Time...than school time,...idea to gently...the school bedtimes....ways to do...is to move...their school bed...you to relax...need to be...up to get...for school at...need to set...clocks to be...the school and...
Easing the Transition Back to School for Special Needs Children
Education > K-12

Easing the Transition Back to School for Special Needs Children

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
Due to their...nature, transitions in general,...new school year...host of transitions that...want to devote...column to tips...into school. * About...prior to the beginning...new school year,...map as to what...have to be long...the school day (class...ride back, additional...want to laminate...forget to add a...child to check...you to write...narrations to the story,...about it to reduce...opportunity to visit...opening of school. Typically,...the school...
When a Child with Selective Mutism Goes Back to School
Education > K-12

When a Child with Selective Mutism Goes Back to School

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...never spoke to anyone at...at camp. School starts in...not be able to transition...be able to transition into kindergarten....any ideas to smooth the...typically at school, even though...predisposition to anxiety disorders....choosing to be silent...refusing to speak, nor...coping skills to combat anxiety,...'just shy' to autistic...autistic to oppositional...and defiant to selectively...suggestion is to have your...
Tips to Support your Child with Selective Mutism Transition Back to School
Education > Accommodations

Tips to Support your Child with Selective Mutism Transition Back to School

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...typically at school, even though...they try to confront...important to understand...predisposition to anxiety...choosing to be silent...refusing to speak, nor...coping skills to combat anxiety...making the transition back into...transition back into school...back into school often quite...response to the challenges...challenges of the school, here are...incorporated to assure a...child's school and have...Selective Mutism to both meet...
Online Learning for Autistic Students: Sensory Benefits and How to Build Structure at Home
Education > Online Learning

Online Learning for Autistic Students: Sensory Benefits and How to Build Structure at Home

By Chloe Davis
...been in online school for two months,...also unsure how to explain this shift...explain this shift to family members...they're going back to "real school."...they're going back to "real school."...back to "real school." The explanation...assault of a traditional classroom. For...Sensory Overload. Traditional classrooms are...unstructured hallway transitions. Online learning...
Why can't my kid get organized!?: ADHD and Executive Functioning
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders

Why can't my kid get organized!?: ADHD and Executive Functioning

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...into the school year. J is...continues to struggle with...his desk to his backpack,...backpack to his desk at...completed, back in the backpack...backpack to be presented...presented to the teacher's...beginning of the school year often...our ability to organize information...arise due to the inability...the brain to process neurotransmitters...medication (traditional, homeopathic,...modified to best support...
Your Child's Right to Adaptive PE and Extracurricular Activities
Education > K-12

Your Child's Right to Adaptive PE and Extracurricular Activities

By James Peterson
...child wants to join the...that. The school claims it's...opportunity to participate...exists. Many schools hope you...designed to enable your...your child to participate...default. Schools that automatically...disabilities to separate...requirement. How Schools Push Back....Schools Push Back. When parents...their child to join an extracurricular...activity, schools deploy a...designed to sound final....concerns." Translation: we...
Braille and Technology: Why Your Child with Visual Impairment Needs Both
Special Needs > Visual Impairments

Braille and Technology: Why Your Child with Visual Impairment Needs Both

By Alice Whitman
...everything Braille used to do, and they're...child needs for school and work. Both...you're left trying to choose between...tools that seem to serve the same...convert digital text to speech. They're...impairments access to the same content...unmatched. Listening to a textbook chapter...teaches children to read actively,...pause on a word, go back, check spelling,...
Supporting Your Other Children: A Family Guide When One Child Has Special Needs
Special Needs > General Special Needs

Supporting Your Other Children: A Family Guide When One Child Has Special Needs

By Dr. Harper Clark
...she doesn't want to talk about her brother's...brother's disability at school because kids ask...doesn't know how to answer. Your teenager...and he doesn't push back anymore. Your 8-year-old...asks if she'll have to take care of her...family stress related to their brother or...identity that shrank to "the disabled kid's...distress as something to manage at home. But...
Classroom Accommodations That Work for Students with Hearing Impairments
Special Needs > Hearing Impairments

Classroom Accommodations That Work for Students with Hearing Impairments

By Nora Bloom
...IEP meeting. The school agreed, ordered it,...his teacher forgets to wear the microphone....exhausted from straining to hear all day. Or...but she sits in the back corner of the classroom...hearing loss, and how to talk to teachers...loss, and how to talk to teachers about what...about being close to the teacher. It's...clear sightlines to the teacher's face,...

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