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Barack Obama Charter School – Guiding Students Toward Success
Education > K-12

Barack Obama Charter School – Guiding Students Toward Success

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...exactly what their child needs to achieve in...to children. Every child will learn, every child...will learn, every child can meet high standards,...standards, and every child can succeed in life....children with a learner-centered approach, we provide...Why use a learner-centered rather than a teacher-directed...State Standards. Each child's knowledge and progress...
Book Review: Kids Beyond Limits
Education > Early Intervention

Book Review: Kids Beyond Limits

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...instruction, so parents and caregivers may achieve results. The method is centered around brain research and how changes in the brain enables positive results,...facilitates new pathways for connections and growth Subtlety: Empower your child with sensitivity and patience Enthusiasm: Recognizing victories and praising...
Get a Life: Take Charge of Your Future
Career > Skills Training

Get a Life: Take Charge of Your Future

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...with disabilities move from public education — a system of entitlement to adult...shock to families. After sending their child to school for 6 or 7 hours every day...they have to figure out what their child is going to do each day. It's a dilemma...Known by several names, it is a person-centered approach that puts the person with...
When Your Pediatrician Isn't Enough: Building a Medical Home for Complex Needs
Medical > Pediatrics

When Your Pediatrician Isn't Enough: Building a Medical Home for Complex Needs

By Dr. Opal Stenson
Your child sees a pulmonologist, a gastroenterologist,...care that's accessible, family-centered, coordinated, comprehensive,...provider or team manages your child's entire care plan. A medical...specialists. It coordinates them. Your child's medical home provider tracks...how it interacts with your child's feeding schedule, the medical...
Navigating Healthcare for Children with Special Needs: Medical Homes, Care Coordination, and Insurance Strategies
Global Insights > Healthcare

Navigating Healthcare for Children with Special Needs: Medical Homes, Care Coordination, and Insurance Strategies

By Ivy Sullivan
When your child sees a neurologist, a physical therapist,...one provider at the center of your child's healthcare and makes that provider...continuous, comprehensive, family-centered, coordinated, compassionate, and culturally...In practical terms, it means your child has a primary care provider who knows...
Successfully Transitioning Special Needs Kids
Parenting > Adulthood

Successfully Transitioning Special Needs Kids

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...Care Whether your child is a toddler or a teenager,...if you have a young child! This affects you,...properly prepare a child for medical independence....longer it takes. When a child has a complex medical...medical conditions from child-centered to adult-oriented...conditions from child-centered to adult-oriented health...process of preparing a child (and parents) for independence...
How to Choose a Special Needs Summer Camp
Lifestyle > Recreation

How to Choose a Special Needs Summer Camp

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...will ensure your child a spot in the...What You and Your Child Want Ask yourself...you want your child to gain from the...might help you child learn new skills,...camps are more centered around social...yourself what your child needs or any concerns...consideration your child's desires — if...Consider if your child is ready for an...better for your child's needs. Cost...
Minnesota Just Disenrolled 61% of Its Medicaid Disability Providers. Other States Are Running the Same Audit. Here's What Families Need to Do Now.
News > Advocacy

Minnesota Just Disenrolled 61% of Its Medicaid Disability Providers. Other States Are Running the Same Audit. Here's What Families Need to Do Now.

By James Williams
...the state revalidated 2,061 (37%) and disenrolled 3,411 (61%). The deadline was midnight Sunday. Families woke up Monday morning to find that their child's ABA therapist, adult day program, or in-home caregiver could no longer bill Medicaid. About 2,491 providers had incomplete paperwork. Another 916...
Maintaining Friendships When Your Child Has Chronic Illness
Lifestyle > Relationships

Maintaining Friendships When Your Child Has Chronic Illness

By Alice Whitman
...now, and when they do, your child's name is on the list because...unpredictability. They stop inviting your child because they assume you'll say...saying the wrong thing. Your child misses the inside jokes, the...to explain it to their own child, so they avoid the conversation...Scheduling becomes complicated. Your child's energy...
Social Skills Groups for Elementary-Age Children with ADHD
Lifestyle > Relationships

Social Skills Groups for Elementary-Age Children with ADHD

By Alice Whitman
...pause: the moment between impulse and action where a child reads the room, adjusts, and meets the other person...A session might open with a check-in where each child shares something from their week, practicing turn-taking...then the group practices through role-play. One child tells a story. Another listens and repeats back...
Teaching Theory of Mind to Children with Autism
Lifestyle > Relationships

Teaching Theory of Mind to Children with Autism

By Alice Whitman
Your child doesn't understand why their friend is crying. They...knowing where to begin. These aren't signs of a child who doesn't care. They're signs that theory of mind,...invisible visible, it can genuinely change how your child moves through their world. What Theory of Mind Means....
How Much Caregiving Responsibility Is Too Much for a Sibling
Lifestyle > Relationships

How Much Caregiving Responsibility Is Too Much for a Sibling

By Alice Whitman
You need your older child's help. The real question...Parentification happens when a child takes on caregiving...sibling. But when one child has complex needs,...hands, and your other child is right there. What...leaves room for the child to say no. Parentification...family stability on a child's shoulders. Markers...typically developing child is checking blood sugar...

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