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Assistive Tech > Hardware
AAC Devices and Apps: How to Choose Speech-Generating Technology
...vendor claims their solution is essential for your child's communication development. The price spread creates decision paralysis. The marketing materials..."best" device. It's about matching technology to your child's motor skills, cognitive level, and the environments where they'll use it. This guide covers the...
Global Insights > Healthcare
The Healthcare Transition at 21: How to Prepare Your Child (and Yourself) for the Shift to Adult Care
...pediatric specialists who understood their baseline. Those doctors knew what developmental milestones looked like in context, what medication side effects mattered...effects mattered for this population, and how to adjust care plans for cognitive or communication differences. Adult providers (internists, family medicine...
Education > Early Intervention
Early Warning Signs Your Baby or Toddler May Need Early Intervention
...you can't name it. Developmental milestones aren't...Pediatrics recommends developmental screenings at 9, 18,...months across all five developmental areas: physical development,...developmental areas: physical development, cognitive skills, communication,...physical development, cognitive skills, communication,...back by 6 months Cognitive and sensory concerns:...
Therapies > Music
Music Therapy for Special Needs Children: What Parents Should Know
...structured musical activities to address specific developmental goals: improving communication, building motor...proficiency. Music therapy uses music to address developmental, cognitive, physical,...therapy uses music to address developmental, cognitive, physical,...
Special Needs > Diabetes
Managing Diabetes When Your Child Has Another Disability: A Dual Diagnosis Guide
...diabetes when your child also has a developmental, cognitive, or physical disability...child also has a developmental, cognitive, or physical disability isn't just...assumes verbal self-reporting and cognitive skills that may not match your child's...communication, symptom awareness, and the cognitive ability to connect internal sensations...
Medical > Neurology
Executive Function in Neurodevelopmental Conditions: The Brain System That Connects ADHD, Autism, and Learning Challenges
...challenges in three completely different ways. The developmental pediatrician talks about ADHD and executive...function. The neurologist mentions autism and cognitive rigidity. The school psychologist flags working...first part of a sentence while reading the end. Cognitive flexibility allows you to shift between tasks...
Education > Early Intervention
IDEA Part C Explained: Your Complete Guide to Early Intervention Services for Babies and Toddlers
...qualifies if they have a developmental delay in any of five...five areas: physical development, cognitive development,...physical development, cognitive development, communication,...development, cognitive development, communication, social-emotional...communication, social-emotional development, or adaptive development....development, or adaptive development. These span motor skills...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Pediatric Wheelchairs: Manual vs. Power and When Kids Are Ready
...disagreement and build a case when conservative advice is costing a child developmental time is where a good pediatric power wheelchair guide has to start....chair. The choice depends on three core factors: upper extremity function, cognitive readiness to operate a control device, and the family's day-to-day environment....
News > Sports
Special Olympics vs. Paralympics: What's the Difference?
...disabilities, including conditions like Down syndrome, autism, and other cognitive or developmental disabilities. Special Olympics is participation-focused:...including conditions like Down syndrome, autism, and other cognitive or developmental disabilities. Special Olympics is participation-focused: athletes train,...
Medical > Orthopedics
Enhancing Outcomes for Children with Orthopedic Disabilities through Early Intervention
...intervention services support the development of infants and toddlers with disabilities....crawling, walking, drawing, building) Cognitive skills (thinking, learning, solving...important skills and catch up in their development. Physical therapy and occupational...disability impacts speech and language development. Getting help early can lead to...
Parenting > Early Intervention
Navigating the Early Intervention System for Children with Special Needs
...children with developmental delays or disabilities,...typically includes: Developmental screenings...learning and development in everyday situations....critical for brain development. By identifying...and addressing developmental concerns early...can: Improve cognitive, communication,...your child's development, the first step...can perform a developmental screening and...
Parenting > Early Intervention
Advocating for Your Child with Special Needs in the Early Intervention System
...that helps babies and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities. It focuses...rolling, crawling, and walking) cognitive (thinking, learning, solving problems)...you think your child may have a developmental delay or disability. This is true...you're concerned about your child's development, don't wait. You or your child's...