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Lifestyle > Recreation
Preventing Summer Regression in Children with Autism
...of June, she's hesitating on...happens when children with autism lose...many autistic children lose ground during...at home. Here's what the research...invented. It's a documented phenomenon...many autistic children lose skills during...that autistic children lost an average...uniform: some children maintained skills,...recommended year-round programming for...
Education > Special Education
How Families Find Sensory-Friendly Community Events for Children with Autism
...sensory-friendly hours or special programming. Year-round options exist too. The...finding events that use the label. It's identifying which ones have genuinely...environment to reduce sensory triggers. That's different from simply allowing children...That's different from simply allowing children who need accommodations to attend....
Social Engagement > Community Living
How to Find Social Groups and Community Programs for People with Disabilities
...parent organizations, or programs designed for children. The groups that do exist for adults with disabilities...invisible unless you know exactly where to look. Here's where to start, what to ask before you attend,...events for adults with developmental disabilities. Programming varies by chapter, but most run regular social...
Lifestyle > Art
How Art Therapy Helps Children and Adults with Special Needs: Benefits, Methods, and Getting Started
Your child's therapist mentions...don't know if it's legitimate clinical...expensive recreational programming, or something parents...feelings attached. It's a regulated clinical...functional tasks. Here's what art therapy is,...Therapy Is and What It's Not. Art therapy is...understands what's emerging on the page....ATR-BC, has a master's degree in art therapy,...
News > Education
PBS KIDS is Still Going Strong
...Rotenberg, General Manager of Children's Programming at PBS, recently...General Manager of Children's Programming at PBS, recently...General Manager of Children's Programming at PBS, recently spoke about...the screen is turned off." It's hard to believe, but in September...we introduced Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood." That show was...
Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
Communicating with Your Special Needs Child
...special needs fall within our expectations, and that’s the reason why we don’t really consider them "special."...to the one that some parents of special needs children have to endure for years, but I have no doubt that...years, but I have no doubt that Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) can help. NLP is a relatively new field that...
Parenting > School Years
NLP for Parents of Kids with Special Needs
...have the tools do deal with it. Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) studies the structure of personal experience...nothing more than that: things that happen. It’s how we choose (unconsciously for the most part)...the situation, and that is because (as one of NLP’s Presuppositions states), people have all the resources...
Lifestyle > Independence
June Cleaver I am Not
...a happy marriage, and 2.5 "normal" children who will at times be faced with the...current family life. Throughout the 70's and '80's, people with differences...life. Throughout the 70's and '80's, people with differences were almost...never portrayed in regular television programming. All the main characters were deliciously...
Therapies > Speech
Speech-Based Activities for Kids with Apraxia
...speech (CAS), is a neurologically-based motor speech disorder in which children know what they want to say, yet they have a difficult time coordinating...repeat, repeat, repeat! Movement repetitions build strong motor planning/programming/gestures. Can you say that again? Provide lots of opportunities throughout...
Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
Augmentative and Alternative Communication: The Voice of Success for Your Child
...and alternative communication (AAC) leads many children to success in school and life. It is generally...text-based messages. Ready-to-use vocabulary reduces programming demands. Device content may be organized by age...accommodating a range of physical abilities. Children may touch the device screen directly. Those with...
Education > Tutoring
The Voice of Success For Your Child
...and alternative communication (AAC) leads many children to success in school and life. It is generally...text-based messages. Ready-to-use vocabulary reduces programming demands. Device content may be organized by age...accommodating a range of physical abilities. Children may touch the device screen directly. Those with...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Sharing Caregiving Responsibilities: Division of Labor for Couples
...in many families raising children with special needs, and...mothers in families with children who have disabilities carry...begins with naming what's happening and building...already know the therapist's availability and the child's...availability and the child's progress notes. Over time,...loses visibility into what's involved. The same pattern...