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Education > K-12
When Your Child Refuses to Go to School: Understanding Anxiety-Based School Refusal
...mention school, they're...a name: school refusal....students with special...learn. School refusal...absence from school, distinct...skipping school without...distress. School refusal...something at school that feels...students with disabilities,...disabilities, school refusal...functions as communication. The child...before school may be signaling...Drives School Refusal...classes with unpredictable...
Financial > Loans
Where to Find Low-Interest Loans for Assistive Technology and Home Modifications in Your State
...wheelchair accessible van. A communication device for your child....refusal to serve people with disabilities. These programs...Assistive Technology Act, with loan amounts from $250...broad: mobility devices, communication systems, hearing aids,...technology for work or school. The programs evaluate...Many accept applicants with low credit or limited...
Special Needs > Respiratory Health
Respiratory Health for Children with Disabilities: A Complete Family Guide
...interact. A child with cerebral palsy...ventilator-dependent child with a developmental...disability needs a school team that understands...equipment and the communication supports. This...affecting children with special needs,...children. For kids with disabilities,...children. A child with limited verbal...patterns. A child with low muscle tone...emotions. For children with sensory processing...
Special Needs > Hearing Impairments
IDEA Rights for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Public Schools
...your third-grader with moderate hearing...The Individuals with Disabilities Education...suggestions. Here's what schools must provide and...covers all students with disabilities, but...recognizes that communication access isn't a...must consider: Communication needs and the child's...preferred mode of communication Linguistic needs,...interact directly with peers and staff...
Special Needs > Hearing Impairments
Communication Options for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children: A Family Decision Guide
...is diagnosed with hearing loss,...don't agree with each other....mentions total communication. A Deaf adult...through the major communication approaches...reality. What Communication Approach Means....Approach Means. A communication approach is...participate in school, and connect...and connect with family and...intervention and school, the professionals...you'll work with, and often...
Special Needs > Diabetes
Managing Diabetes When Your Child Has Another Disability: A Dual Diagnosis Guide
...But you're left with the same question...diabetes care with extra steps....changes because communication barriers obscure...recognition, school coordination,...coordination, and communication when diabetes...diabetes intersects with another disability....and cooperate with testing and treatment....assumes verbal communication, symptom awareness,...internal sensations with the need for...
Special Needs > Cerebral Palsy
AAC for Children with Cerebral Palsy: Finding the Right Communication System
...Augmentative and alternative communication doesn't replace speech....accelerates it. For children with cerebral palsy, AAC...everyone. Why Children with Partial Speech Still...About 80% of children with cerebral palsy have...that gap are the ones with partial speech. When...word approximations, schools and families often...partial speech comes with real limits. Those...
Parenting > General
The System Navigator's Toolkit: Coordinating Multiple Specialists and Services
...from different treatment plans, two school districts that lost your intake paperwork,...providers Without losing your mind. Start With One Master Record. You don't need six...pull from. Build a master document with: Diagnosis summary (one paragraph,...copy-paste from the master. When the school nurse needs med updates, you send the...
News > Technology
How to Pay for Assistive Technology: Every Funding Source Families Need to Know
The communication device your child's speech...single biggest reason people with disabilities don't get assistive...feels like debugging software with intentionally obscure documentation:...sense for your situation. What Schools Are Required to Provide and...child has an IEP or IFSP, the school must provide any assistive...
News > Advocacy
How to Be Your Child's Best Advocate: A Complete Guide to Special Needs Advocacy
...rights, and communicating with clarity....communicating with clarity. The...clarity. The school district doesn't...strategies, communication skills, and...advocacy at school, in medical...life. Start with Documentation....service. It begins with a system for...correspondence with the school....correspondence with the school. A three-ring...three-ring binder with dividers works....
Lifestyle > Independence
Building Independence: A Life Skills Roadmap for Children with Special Needs
...core tension in teaching independence to children with disabilities. Your instinct to help is faster,...home maintenance, and managing a living space. Schools rarely teach these, so they fall to families....rarely teach these, so they fall to families. Communication and self-advocacy are the skills that protect...
Lifestyle > Art
How Art Therapy Helps Children and Adults with Special Needs: Benefits, Methods, and Getting Started
...as an option. The school IEP team suggests...non-verbal daughter started communicating through drawing. But...parents can do at home with construction paper...isn't arts and crafts with therapeutic feelings...neuroscience research, with specific applications...skills, and build communication pathways. The art...excellent ones working with disabled students,...