Results
Therapies > Animal
Service Dog, Therapy Dog, or Emotional Support Animal: Which Is Right for Your Child?
You're researching animal support options for your child, and the terms keep overlapping: service dog, therapy...lists when a therapy dog program would meet their child's needs immediately at no cost. This article clarifies...Interrupting self-injurious behavior (autism, developmental disabilities) Retrieving medication or emergency...
Education > Early Intervention
Parent Coaching in Early Intervention: How You Become Your Child's Best Teacher
...therapist to work with your child. Instead, she's asking...professional examines the child, delivers a treatment,...you how to support your child's development during everyday...support your child's development during everyday routines....observes how you and your child interact during meals,...routines produce better developmental outcomes than children...
Education > Early Intervention
Understanding Early Intervention Therapies: Speech, Occupational, and Physical Therapy for Infants and Toddlers
Your child's IFSP lists three therapies:...person is working on or why your child needs all three. The disciplines...floor with toys, guiding your child through a movement they haven't...feeding, not just talking. If your child isn't babbling by 6 months,...it also addresses how your child uses sounds and gestures to...
Education > Early Intervention
What to Expect During Your Child's Early Intervention Evaluation
...whether your child qualifies for...toddlers with developmental delays or diagnosed...understand your child as a whole, not...areas of your child's development....your child's development. Depending on...state and your child's needs, the...include: A developmental specialist...therapist and a developmental specialist....specialist. If your child isn't talking...
Assistive Tech > Hardware
AAC Devices and Apps: How to Choose Speech-Generating Technology
...vendor claims their solution is essential for your child's communication development. The price spread creates...solution is essential for your child's communication development. The price spread creates decision paralysis. The...device. It's about matching technology to your child's motor skills, cognitive level, and the environments...
Therapies > Music
How to Pay for Music Therapy: Insurance, Medicaid Waivers, and Grant Programs
...music therapy can do for your child. The engagement during sessions,...designed specifically to fund developmental and therapeutic services...therapy is typically coded as developmental or educational support,...denials when the goal is developmental progress rather than recovery...Therapy in Many States. If your child qualifies for a Medicaid waiver,...
Social Engagement > Dating and Relationships
A Parent's Guide to Supporting Your Teen with Special Needs in Their First Relationships
...internalize for kids with developmental disabilities, and they need...terms for body parts when your child is young. No cutesy nicknames....vulva, breasts. This gives your child the language to name what's...someone crosses a boundary. A child who knows the correct words...precisely, and be understood. A child who only knows family-specific...
Research > Genetics
CRISPR Gene Therapy for Rare Pediatric Disorders: What Families Need to Know
...The treatment was designed specifically for that child's genetic mutation, built from scratch as a one-time...question everyone asks: does this apply to my child? The short answer is that most children with rare...will determine which conditions move from "in development" to "available" over the next decade. Knowing where...
Research > Genetics
Chromosomal Microarray vs. Whole Genome Sequencing: Which Genetic Test Is Right for Your Child?
Your child's neurologist just recommended...or Angelman syndrome when a child has autism, developmental delays,...syndrome when a child has autism, developmental delays, or unexplained intellectual...protein-coding portions of your child's genome, about 1-2% of the...that cause disease. If your child has a rare genetic condition...
Research > Drug Development
Should Your Child Participate in a Clinical Trial? A Parent's Decision Framework
Your child's specialist just mentioned a clinical trial. Or...sent an email about a study recruiting for your child's condition. You've got a packet of information,...obvious when you're being asked to enroll your child in research you don't fully understand, for a drug...
Global Insights > Healthcare
The Healthcare Transition at 21: How to Prepare Your Child (and Yourself) for the Shift to Adult Care
Your child turns 21 and loses their pediatrician. That's expected. What isn't expected:...pediatric specialists who understood their baseline. Those doctors knew what developmental milestones looked like in context, what medication side effects mattered...
Special Needs > Muscular Dystrophy
Muscular Dystrophy in 2026: What Families Need to Know About Gene Therapy and Daily Life
...hearing about gene therapy. Maybe your child's neurologist mentioned it at the...are genuine advances, the biggest developments in DMD treatment in decades. They're...regardless of which treatments your child receives. ELEVIDYS: What It Is and...eligibility window is still tight. Your child may qualify if: He has a confirmed...