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Therapies > Music
Music Therapy for Special Needs Children: What Parents Should Know
...child's IEP or treatment plan, not around learning to play an instrument for performance. Here's what music therapy is, who provides it, how it works, and how...musical proficiency. Music therapy uses music to address developmental, cognitive, physical,...
Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome
Why Girls with Asperger Syndrome Are Diagnosed Late and What Parents Can Do
...outside, this looks like social competence. What screeners don't see is the cognitive load required to sustain it or the shutdown that happens when the performance...cognitive load required to sustain it or the shutdown that happens when the performance ends. Their interests tend to be socially acceptable, which makes them...
Career > Finding Jobs
From Assessment to Offer: Using Vocational Evaluation to Find the Right Job Match
...structured picture of how you function: your cognitive profile, physical capacities, environmental tolerances,...information rather than a general impression. Cognitive and academic functioning. Reading, writing,...social interaction. They determine whether your performance holds or deteriorates under real working conditions,...
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:...ranked international competition. Many hold world records. The emphasis is performance at the highest level. Who Competes in Each? Special Olympics: Athletes...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
Title: Summertime Recommendations for Children with ADHD
...time for reflection, a time to evaluate your child’s behavior and past performance in school, and an opportunity to implement more effective habits and routines...to implement new strategies for changing behavior and improving neuro-cognitive impairments. Children with ADHD are consistently looking for new activities...
Global Insights > Healthcare
The Healthcare Transition at 21: How to Prepare Your Child (and Yourself) for the Shift to Adult Care
...what developmental milestones looked like in context, what medication side effects mattered for this population, and how to adjust care plans for cognitive or communication differences. Adult providers (internists, family medicine doctors, specialists in adult systems) were trained on adult-onset conditions....
Special Needs > Visual Impairments
Braille and Technology: Why Your Child with Visual Impairment Needs Both
...that seem to serve the same purpose. Here's what the research shows: it's not a choice. Braille literacy and assistive technology serve different cognitive functions, and children who learn both have measurably better outcomes in employment, independence, and literacy than those who rely on audio alone....
Education > Early Intervention
Early Warning Signs Your Baby or Toddler May Need Early Intervention
...through 36 months across all five developmental areas: physical development, cognitive skills, communication, social-emotional growth, and adaptive behavior....for objects by 5 months Can't roll from stomach to back by 6 months Cognitive and sensory concerns: Doesn't track objects with eyes by 3 months Shows...
Special Needs > Cancer
Supporting Siblings When a Child Has Cancer: A Family Guide
...disappears. School pickup changes, bedtimes shift, favorite foods disappear from the house because someone's nauseous. Small children don't have the cognitive framework to separate "things are different" from "things are wrong." They conclude the disruption is about them. Information gets filtered. Parents...
Special Needs > Rare Disorders
IEP Advocacy for Children with Rare Disorders: When No One Has Done This Before
...education. They don't diagnose medical conditions. They assess educational need. A child with a rare metabolic disorder who fatigues after 30 minutes of cognitive work qualifies for accommodations based on that functional limitation. The district doesn't need to understand the metabolic pathway. They need to...
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 isn't just standard diabetes...diabetes education assumes verbal self-reporting and cognitive skills that may not match your child's profile....verbal communication, symptom awareness, and the cognitive ability to connect internal sensations with the...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Puberty and Autism: Supporting Your Child Through Physical and Emotional Changes
...their peers. The physical changes arrive before many children have the cognitive or emotional tools to process them. Add sensory sensitivities, difficulty...moves faster, expectations become implicit rather than explicit, and the cognitive load of maintaining a mask becomes too heavy. For autistic girls, this...