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Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
What Speech-Language Pathologists Actually Do: A Guide for Special Needs Families
...for a speech-language...right kind of help for...assume speech therapy...That's part of it. But...it. But speech-language...range of skills...don't use speech at all....needs. What Speech-Language...includes: Speech sound...think of when they...hear "speech therapy."...(patterns of sound...errors), and childhood apraxia...childhood apraxia of speech...apraxia of speech...apraxia of speech (motor...affects speech sequencing)...
Therapies > Speech
Speech-Based Activities for Kids with Apraxia
Speech-Based...Kids with Apraxia at Home...A lot of parents...child with apraxia?" In fact,..."What is apraxia, anyway?"...first, childhood apraxia...childhood apraxia of speech...apraxia of speech...apraxia of speech (CAS),...motor speech disorder...related to speech. It is...serious childhood speech...childhood speech disorder...intense speech therapy...trained speech-language...Provide lots of opportunities...fun part of life....
Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
Book Review: Speaking of Apraxia
...diagnosis of apraxia...diagnosis of apraxia just...parent of a child...with apraxia. Speaking...Speaking of Apraxia,...Speaking of Apraxia, published...parents. Childhood apraxia...Childhood apraxia of speech,...apraxia of speech,...apraxia of speech, or CAS,...motor speech disorder...areas of the brain...areas of the brain...for speech. While...with speech-language...Speaking of Apraxia...Speaking of Apraxia is the...dedicated to apraxia of speech...apraxia of speech...apraxia of speech written...overview of CAS,...
Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Understanding Diagnosis and Evidence-Based Therapy
...has been in speech therapy for...dealing with childhood apraxia of speech....with childhood apraxia of speech. And...childhood apraxia of speech. And...childhood apraxia of speech. And if you...are, the type of therapy matters...CAS is not a speech delay. It's...the sequence of movements needed...Happening. Most speech sound difficulties...essentially intact. In apraxia, the motor plan...
Special Needs > Spina Bifida
Recognizing Shunt Failure in Spina Bifida: Signs Every Parent Should Know
...shunt, you already know the weight of watching for failure. About 80-90% of...watching for failure. About 80-90% of children with spina bifida depend on...behavioral shifts that blur into normal childhood variation until they don't. Here's what...usual relief. Your child may complain of head pain that worsens when lying down...
Special Needs > Cancer
Childhood Cancer Survivorship: Understanding Long-Term Effects and Disability Supports
...Late effects are the reason. For many childhood cancer survivors, they constitute disabilities...It's a transition to a different kind of medical and developmental management,...lifelong. A 2020 St. Jude study tracking childhood cancer survivors into adulthood found...enough that surveillance is standard of care. If your child's oncology team...
Special Needs > Cancer
Supporting Siblings When a Child Has Cancer: A Family Guide
...experience a less intense version of the crisis. They experience...them. Research shows that 84% of adult siblings of childhood...shows that 84% of adult siblings of childhood cancer survivors report...that 84% of adult siblings of childhood cancer survivors report family...outcomes can be worse than those of the child with cancer if intervention...
Special Needs > Epilepsy
Dietary Therapy for Epilepsy: A Parent's Guide to Ketogenic and Modified Atkins Diets
...side effects, and none of them worked well enough....About 20 to 30 percent of children with epilepsy...to medications. For many of these families, dietary...modified Atkins diets for childhood epilepsy, including how...ketones for energy instead of glucose. This metabolic...uses a 3:1 or 4:1 ratio of fat to combined protein...
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Supporting Your Other Children: A Family Guide When One Child Has Special Needs
...she'll have to take care of her sister when you die....the documented reality of growing up as the sibling...growing up as the sibling of a child with significant...family time management. 84% of adult siblings report that...adult siblings report that childhood family stress related to...resentment about the imbalance of attention and resources....
Special Needs > Cancer
Returning to School After Childhood Cancer: What Families Need to Know
...targeting cancer cells, chemotherapy also affects healthy neural pathways. Radiation to the head or spine compounds the impact. The result is a cluster of cognitive changes known as "chemobrain" or cancer-related cognitive impairment. Working memory takes the biggest hit. Your child can read a word problem...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
Why ADHD in Girls Often Goes Undiagnosed and What Parents Can Do
...boys are diagnosed with ADHD at twice the rate of girls in childhood, and the gap isn't because girls...diagnosed with ADHD at twice the rate of girls in childhood, and the gap isn't because girls have it less often....criteria were developed primarily from studies of boys. The visible, disruptive behaviors that characterize...
Social Engagement > Friends and Family
How to Help Your Child with Special Needs Build and Keep Friendships
...who love trains. Shared interest is the engine of childhood friendship regardless of disability. A...who love trains. Shared interest is the engine of childhood friendship regardless of disability. A LEGO club,...is the engine of childhood friendship regardless of disability. A LEGO club, a model railroad group,...