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Medical > Gastroenterology
When Picky Eating Signals a Medical Problem: Distinguishing ARFID and GI Disorders in Special Needs Children
Your child refuses most foods. Every professional you've consulted...only treating it as behavioral, you're asking your child to push through something they physically can't...weight loss, or significant interference with daily life. The diagnostic criteria are specific. The food...
Medical > Orthopedics
Importance of Early Intervention for Children with Orthopedic Disabilities
...first few years of life are a key time for...a big impact on a child's ability to learn...who suspect their child may have an orthopedic...can do to help your child. What Early Intervention...unique needs of each child and family. They may...work with a team of specialists to create an Individualized...sets goals for the child's development...
Lifestyle > Relationships
On Being a Military Wife and Mother
...unit and stayed there 37 days, battling for her life. When discharged from the hospital, we took our...months, we went from appointment to appointment with specialists, pediatricians, but neither said anything. After...we made an appointment with a pediatrician, a specialist in development. She did some tests and decided...
Education > Accommodations
Making IEP goals that support Language and Communication: Tweaking the plan in the New Year
...classroom, their teachers and specialists track their progress...(IEP). Supporting your child's daily opportunities...pairing them with your child's life experiences. Each...them with your child's life experiences. Each year...an IEP meeting for the child with special needs is...suggest ways to help the child communicate and interact...
Assistive Tech > Hardware
Dedicated Speech-Generating Devices: Comparing AAC Hardware for Nonverbal Users
When a child's evaluation team or speech-language...Dedicated devices run proprietary or specialized hardware and software, often from...commitments, which matters for a device a child may use for years. They can often be...States. It runs the LAMP Words for Life and Unity vocabulary systems that many...
Special Needs > Hearing Impairments
The Transformative Impact of Early Intervention for Children with Hearing Impairments
...future success. The earlier a child's hearing loss is identified...cochlear implants to help the child access sound, along with speech...with speech therapy and other specialized services. Learn more about...so important. It gives the child's brain access to sound during...or within the first month of life. This allows hearing loss to...
Medical > Psychiatry
Medical Psychiatry and its Role in Managing Anxiety in Special Needs Children
...often considered usual aspects of life, can manifest more pronouncedly in...Managing Anxiety. Medical Psychiatry, as specialized field, has made significant strides...conditions but also on accompanying the child throughout their developmental journey....treatment are designed around the child's unique needs, promoting a better...
Education > K-12
Teaching Special Needs Kids to Swim
...the lessons can be adapted to each child. Here are some tips on teaching swimming...with special needs: Give each child individualized attention — Because...experience more positive for them. Life jackets other flotation devices like...For children with tubes in the ears, specialized swim plugs or caps will need to be...
Health > Diagnosis
Do You Need a Developmental Pediatrician?
...doctors who specialize in children...understand their child's challenges,...differences of your child. When a child...child. When a child has a developmental...best for their child. Developmental...of the whole child: seeing how...aspects of a child contribute to...contribute to a child's ability to...or her daily life at home and...perspective are the child's gradually...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
Does My Child Have a Reading Disability?
...first step on a child's path to success...to success in life. A child that...success in life. A child that is an excellent...a confident child, has a high level...Unfortunately, for a child with a reading...new skill a child learns builds...skills. First, a child learns to break...decoding. Later, the child begins to comprehend...reading. For a child with a reading...Does my child have a reading...
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Children with Special Needs
...needs. You can research your child's condition, its origins and...to approach it so that your child or children with special needs...needs likely have to attend specialized schools and camps. What we...greater and often more highly specialized resources. Often, between...hustle and bustle of your daily life and other responsibilities...
Assistive Tech > Hardware
Wearable Technology for Autism: Evidence-Based Monitoring vs Marketing Hype
...Smartwatches that claim to detect your child's meltdown before it happens. Wristbands...to help you understand your autistic child's internal states. The promise is compelling....about what's happening inside their child, especially when communication challenges...products can reliably deliver in daily life is substantial. For parents making...