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Lifestyle > Art
How Art Therapy Helps Children and Adults with Special Needs: Benefits, Methods, and Getting Started
...paper and markers. Art therapy isn't arts and crafts with therapeutic feelings attached. It's a regulated...from the term itself: "art therapy" sounds like creative play, but the practice looks more like occupational...profession where board-certified therapists use creative processes to help people express emotions, process...
News > Sports
Calabasas Hosting Great Britain Athletes for the Special Olympic World Games
...invited to drop by the Calabasas Library from 4:00-4:30 p.m. to create a craft to welcome the Great Britain Special Olympics Delegation. This is a fun...welcome the Great Britain Special Olympics Delegation. This is a fun and creative way to celebrate...
News > Sports
Opening Ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games 2015
...Memorial Coliseum next July in front of 90,000 fans, including Presidents, Prime Ministers, Kings, Queens and dignitaries from around the world, the creative and production team of FiveCurrents will celebrate this moment with an unmatched spectacle of lights, sounds and magic. FiveCurrents of Los Angeles,...
Lifestyle > Recreation
Signs of Spring
...ways to create these signs of spring with your kids. Paper Flowers This craft is such a simple and great way for kids to practice their small muscle skills...a centerpiece that won't wilt over time. If the kids want to be really creative decorate the paper with markers and stickers before cutting. Wallpaper scraps...
Education > Other
Twice Exceptional Students: When Your Child Is Both Gifted and Has a Disability
...autism, sensory processing disorder, anxiety, or a physical disability. The giftedness can show up in verbal reasoning, math, visual-spatial skills, creative thinking, or specific subject domains. A 2e student's giftedness and disability interact constantly. The child who can't write legibly by hand might...
Health > Alternative Medicine
Music Therapy and Art Therapy: When Creative Interventions Become Medical Treatment
...music therapy "works" for autism. A friend mentioned art therapy helped her daughter with anxiety. Your child's neurologist suggested looking into creative therapies as part of a comprehensive treatment plan. What you haven't heard is what separates a clinical music therapy session from a music class,...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Rhythmic Revelations: How Dance Unlocks a New World for Autistic Individuals
...Autism often comes with a preference for structure and routine. Dance, especially when learned in a class setting, offers a structured way to be creative. Choreographed routines provide a clear framework within which individuals can explore movement, rhythm, and expression in a controlled and predictable...
Parenting > The Early Years
Parenting Strategies For Children With Developmental Disabilities
...Developmental Disabilities On Families. Parenting a child with developmental disabilities can be both rewarding and challenging. Parents must be patient, creative and adaptable in order to meet their child's needs. It is important to provide structure and routine for children with developmental disabilities,...
Therapies > Play
Fun and Therapeutic Water Play in Your Own Backyard or Neighborhood Pool
Your child can have fun and benefit from therapeutic water play with creative activities that improve strength, balance, and social skills.
Lifestyle > Recreation
2013 Holiday Gift Guide
...recommendations for their buying decisions from the "source they have trusted for more than 18 years". Here, you are sure to find fun, original, and creative gifts for everyone on your list. Each week new items are added and will serve as a gift buying guide throughout the entire year. Click on the here...
Lifestyle > Recreation
Get a Horse – A New Short from Disney
...they are magically pulled into today (via 3D), thanks to the wonderful creative team on this film. 3D makes the transformation between the two worlds as..."unusual." It's something you have to see to understand. The story itself is creative and enjoyable to kids, and adults will appreciate the technology and ingenuity...
Lifestyle > Recreation
Henry Hugglemonster Airs on Disney Junior
...Hugglemonster follows a specific curriculum which aims to nurture multiple areas of child development: physical, emotional, social and cognitive, thinking and creative skills, as well as moral and ethical development. Whether it be Henry trying to help his baby brother get to sleep or asking his sister for help when...