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Special Needs > Cancer
Finding Hope and Support in the Face of Cancer
...feelings of fear, uncertainty, and stress. Cancer not only affects the person...roles as caregivers. They may struggle with their own emotions while trying to...strain relationships as people cope with stress in different ways. Couples may...strain relationships as people cope with stress in different ways. Couples may...
Special Needs > Cancer
Leveraging Adaptive Strategies for Cancer Survivors
...can help survivors cope with the physical, emotional,...well-being. Self-Care and Coping Strategies. One of the...support group, or working with a therapist. Survivors...helpful to develop new coping skills to manage stress...coping skills to manage stress and anxiety. This might...survivors to be patient with themselves and recognize...
Medical > Psychiatry
Medical Psychiatry and its Role in Managing Anxiety in Special Needs Children
...Lifeline for Managing Stress and Anxiety in Special...Children. Anxiety and stress, often considered...pronouncedly in children with special needs. It...and equipping them with skills to manage...skills to manage stress and anxiety. Innovative...to promote better coping mechanisms for children...mechanisms for children with special needs. Cognitive...how they react to stress-inducing situations....
Parenting > Self-Care
Resources to Reduce Stress in Parents
...cope with is their...their own stress. How you...your stress can be...overrun with stress,...with stress, you will...your stress level...more stress. Sources...Sources of Stress The...The stress in this...dealing with behavioral...sources of stress in your...include: Stress in the...issues with caregivers...Financial stress, thanks...Marital stress, as you...child with autism...they are coping with their...coping with their...
Parenting > School Years
How to Talk with Kids About Tragic Events in the News
...It's to be expected that headlines will be blaring with updates on a big news event like a school shooting...Remember that kids are very good at picking up your stress levels and knowing when you feel anxious. Constant...anxious. Constant updates on the news can also create stress and anxiety in adults, so parents should be mindful...
Parenting > Adulthood
Designing a Future for a Child with Special Needs
...person is their child. When a family is coping with mental illness and intense special...their child. When a family is coping with mental illness and intense special...special needs and a parent is charged with not only choosing interventions to...a tremendous amount of anxiety and stress not to mention an underlying feeling...
Health > Mental Health
RADs and Cutting
...was all cut up and had the word "HATE" carved into it. I was first hit with shock, which quickly evolved into intense guilt. How could I not have known...cutting herself? That rapidly turned into confusion — what the heck is wrong with her and why would somebody do this to herself? Then compassion took over...
Education > K-12
When a Child with Selective Mutism Goes Back to School
...children who often are frozen with fear as they confront specific...settings. Although environmental stress plays an important role in anxiety...mood disorders, most children with Selective Mutism have a hereditary...have developed dysfunctional coping skills to combat anxiety, which...social interactions.Children with Selective Mutism are often misdiagnosed,...
Education > Accommodations
Tips to Support your Child with Selective Mutism Transition Back to School
...yet it is seldom dealt with within the confines of...children who often are frozen with fear as they try to confront...although environmental stresses play an important role...disorders, most children with Selective Mutism have a...developed dysfunctional coping skills to combat anxiety...arrange for your child with Selective Mutism to both...
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Disciplining Children with Bipolar Disorder
...and memory. Children with bipolar disorder are...are being regulated with medication. Parenting...medication. Parenting a child with bipolar disorder can...to an outsider, when coping with acting-out behavior,...outsider, when coping with acting-out behavior,...behaviors of children with bipolar disorder. The...routines help to reduce stress and help to manage...
Education > K-12
Dear Teachers, Dear Parents: How to bridge the communication gap
I am a parent of two children with special needs, and a special education teacher....or teacher – communicate effectively during the coming school year. This article is in two parts – one...battered and bruised. How can we turn it around? With time and effort. Imagine turning around a battleship...
News > Education
"Scream Rooms" Used on Special Needs Children
...as "scream rooms" on their children with special needs and behavioral problems....6-by-4-foot closets, to isolate students with special needs who were being disruptive...often are subjected to "screaming" coming from the rooms. Nocera acknowledged...looking into the use of the rooms. He stressed that school policy states that no...