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Special Needs > Diabetes
Managing Diabetes When Your Child Has Another Disability: A Dual Diagnosis Guide
...your 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...them to an adult and cooperate with testing and treatment. That model assumes...communication, symptom awareness, and the cognitive ability to connect internal sensations...
Health > Diagnosis
The Neuropsychological Evaluation: A Complete Guide for Parents
...learning disabilities that require formal diagnosis. The evaluation measures cognitive domains that other assessments miss. A child who reads at grade level but...processing challenges. These patterns only surface through domain-specific testing. Insurance often requires documented medical necessity. Your referral source...
Education > Accommodations
Using RtI Data to Get Ready for IEP Season
...of more formal standardized testing. One of the important things...not eliminate psychological testing. While many districts have...broad manner, standardized testing is time-tested and an important...also includes standardized testing. One of the questions that...when I request standardized testing, is what would that get us...
Research > Brain Science
A Study of Cognitive Skills and the Brain
...learning and cognitive skills....term "cognitive skill"...interplay of cognitive skills...improving cognitive skills...(2) do cognitive skill...present, can cognitive skills...numerous cognitive skills...type of cognitive testing...cognitive testing from which...which cognitive skill...regime of cognitive exercises...success of cognitive skills...effect of cognitive skills...programs on cognitive skill...following cognitive skills...
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...
Therapies > Music
Music Therapy for Special Needs Children: What Parents Should Know
...how to read notation, play an instrument, sing in tune. The objective is musical proficiency. Music therapy uses music to address developmental, cognitive, physical,...
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 > 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...
Special Needs > Cancer
Returning to School After Childhood Cancer: What Families Need to Know
...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...a cluster of cognitive changes known as "chemobrain" or cancer-related cognitive impairment. Working memory takes the biggest hit. Your child can read a...