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Special Needs > Cancer
Childhood Cancer Survivorship: Understanding Long-Term Effects and Disability Supports
...used to. Late effects are the reason. For many childhood cancer survivors, they constitute disabilities...many childhood cancer survivors, they constitute disabilities requiring long-term support. The survivorship...and lifelong. A 2020 St. Jude study tracking childhood cancer survivors into adulthood found that 95%...
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Supporting Your Other Children: A Family Guide When One Child Has Special Needs
...your other children need formal support structures designed for siblings, not just better family time management. 84% of adult siblings report that childhood family stress related to their brother or sister's disability was a major issue. The stress wasn't the disability itself but the questions no one...
Social Engagement > Friends and Family
How to Help Your Child with Special Needs Build and Keep Friendships
...you're not sure where to start breaking it. Friendship for children with disabilities isn't about hoping the right peer shows up. It's creating the conditions...to find other kids who love trains. Shared interest is the engine of childhood friendship regardless of disability. A LEGO club, a model railroad group,...
Research > Brain Science
How Executive Function Shapes Learning: What Parents Need to Know About the Brain Science Behind Reading, Math, and Organization
...slowly, as they do in ADHD, dyslexia, dyscalculia, and other learning disabilities, the result isn't a lack of effort. It's a neurodevelopmental difference...overlapping processes that develop in the prefrontal cortex throughout childhood and adolescence. Working memory is the system that holds information...
Legal > Government Benefits
SSDI vs SSI for Children with Disabilities: Understanding the Difference and Which One Your Family Qualifies For
...finances. SSDI looks at your work record. How Children Qualify for SSI. Three requirements: 1. The child must have a disability Social Security defines childhood disability as a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that results in marked and severe functional limitations and is...
Education > Early Intervention
IDEA Part C Explained: Your Complete Guide to Early Intervention Services for Babies and Toddlers
...referral. What Part C of IDEA Covers. Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the federal law guaranteeing early intervention...Program. In California it's California Early Start. In Texas it's Early Childhood Intervention (ECI). The name changes, the structure does not. Who Qualifies....
Social Engagement > Friends and Family
Supporting Siblings: A Parent's Guide to Helping All Your Children Thrive
...own needs accordingly. Research into adult siblings of children with disabilities finds that 84 percent report family stress as a major part of their childhood...disabilities finds that 84 percent report family stress as a major part of their childhood experience. Most of them didn't talk about it at the time. They watched...
Parenting > General
How to Use Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month to Advocate at Your Child's School
...country marks Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. It's a...Month Is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month is led nationally...Councils on Developmental Disabilities and its partners. It runs...cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities, Down syndrome, ADHD, and...share is that they begin in childhood and shape a person's life...
Education > Other
Supporting Children with Special Needs through Early Intervention
...infants and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities. Services are designed to identify and meet children's...need for special education services later in childhood. It gives kids the best chance to develop to...intervention services through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Eligibility for services...
Medical > Pediatrics
Early Intervention Strategies for Special Needs Children
...young children with developmental delays and disabilities. It also provides help to their families. The...It is provided through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Why is Early Intervention...Physical therapists Occupational therapists Early childhood special educators Social workers Psychologists...
Therapies > Speech
Speech-Based Activities for Kids with Apraxia
..."What is apraxia, anyway?" First things first, childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), is a neurologically-based...movements related to speech. It is a serious childhood speech disorder best remediated by frequent and...(SLP). CAS can occur alone or with other learning disabilities, Down syndrome, or autism to name a few. But...
Special Needs > Dyslexia
Short Takes on the Disabilities: What is Dyslexia?
...of these symptoms vary from person to person. Dyslexia can be indentified through proper testing by trained specialists. Symptoms of Dyslexia in Childhood: -Difficulty expressing thoughts-Delaying learning of tasks such as tying shoes and telling time-Inattentiveness and distractability-Inability to...