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How Art Therapy Helps Children and Adults with Special Needs: Benefits, Methods, and Getting Started
Lifestyle > Art

How Art Therapy Helps Children and Adults with Special Needs: Benefits, Methods, and Getting Started

By Gregory Simmons
...therapist mentions "art therapy" as an option. The school IEP team suggests it. A friend says their non-verbal daughter started communicating through drawing. But you don't know if it's legitimate clinical treatment, expensive recreational programming, or something parents can do at home with construction...
A New Epilepsy Treatment Reports Over 90% Seizure Reduction in Initial Patients
Special Needs > Epilepsy

A New Epilepsy Treatment Reports Over 90% Seizure Reduction in Initial Patients

By Emily Thompson
...gone through all of them without finding the relief they needed. That backdrop matters for understanding why a therapy currently in clinical trial is drawing real attention from the epilepsy research community. Early data is showing something that families in this space have been waiting a long time to see....
Ukraine, Poland, and Estonia Won't March: The 2026 Paralympic Opening Ceremony Boycott Explained
News > Sports

Ukraine, Poland, and Estonia Won't March: The 2026 Paralympic Opening Ceremony Boycott Explained

By Brock Jefferson
...speaking publicly about the IPC's original decision, called it "dirty." Ukrainian NPC President Valerii Sushkevych was direct about the line he was drawing: the boycott applies to the ceremony, not the competition. "Such a step would play into the hands of Russian leader Vladimir Putin," he said, explaining...
Enhancing Outcomes for Children with Orthopedic Disabilities through Early Intervention
Medical > Orthopedics

Enhancing Outcomes for Children with Orthopedic Disabilities through Early Intervention

By Sophia Miller
...with disabilities. These services are designed to identify and meet a child's needs in five areas: Physical skills (reaching, crawling, walking, drawing, building) Cognitive skills (thinking, learning, solving problems) Communication skills (talking, listening, understanding others) Self-help or adaptive...
Early Intervention Strategies for Special Needs Children
Medical > Pediatrics

Early Intervention Strategies for Special Needs Children

By Liam Johnson
...disability or delay. Services are designed to identify and meet a child's needs in these key areas: Physical skills (reaching, crawling, walking, drawing) Cognitive skills (thinking, learning, solving problems) Communication skills (talking, listening, understanding others) Self-help or adaptive skills...
International Angelman Day: A Global Movement for Change
Global Insights > Education

International Angelman Day: A Global Movement for Change

By Amelia Scott
...pivotal to improving the quality of life for those affected. The inaugural International Angelman Day, founded in 2019, has since gathered momentum, drawing attention to the need for increased research, resources, and support for Angelman syndrome. Through a myriad of events, fundraisers, and social media...
Go to Pro: Family Activities Improve Learning Skills
Education > Tutoring

Go to Pro: Family Activities Improve Learning Skills

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...skills, comprehension skills, writing skills, even drawing skills. Get your complimentary BT Family Activity...to make this really easy. Add pictures and/or drawings. Then compile this into a family scrapbook. Family...as filling-in-the-blanks! Add pictures and/or drawings. Then add this to the family scrapbook. More...
The Goldbergs to Premier on ABC
Lifestyle > Recreation

The Goldbergs to Premier on ABC

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...such a family. Well, almost. This sitcom is actually based on a real family. Adam F. Goldberg is an Executive Producer who came up with the idea of drawing on his own family as the basis for a new show. Of course, there are some slight changes, like making one of his brothers, Eric, into a sister, Erica...
Winner of $500 Holiday Gift Basket
News > Lifestyle

Winner of $500 Holiday Gift Basket

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
Congratulations to Andrew Barling. He was randomly chosen as the winner of the drawing for the $500 gift basket, courtesy of specialneeds.com, for attending the webinar How to Improve Learning Skills: Reading, Writing, Spelling, & Math....
Special Needs App of the Day: iLuv Drawing Dinosaurs
Assistive Tech > Apps

Special Needs App of the Day: iLuv Drawing Dinosaurs

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...them? iLuv Drawing Dinosaurs...iLuv Drawing Dinosaurs...when the drawing is complete....complete. iLuv drawing can make...child a drawing expert...iLuv Drawing Dinosaurs...of the drawing. You can...individualize the drawing, and you...practice drawing the dinos...the iLuv Drawing Dinosaurs...personal drawing book....In your drawing book,...edit the drawings you have...iLuv Drawing Dinosaurs...Practicing drawing over...
Special Needs App of the Day: Piece Me Birds
Assistive Tech > Apps

Special Needs App of the Day: Piece Me Birds

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...even young children. The app features brightly colored pieces of a bird drawing, and the player uses his finger to move the pieces into the correct part...the bird, and you hear the actual birdsong of that particular bird. The drawing also turns to an animation, so you see wings move or the bird dance....
Special Needs App of the Day: Doodle Buddy
Assistive Tech > Apps

Special Needs App of the Day: Doodle Buddy

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...creating perfect shapes and different tools like chalk or a paintbrush for drawing. Users can change the background from plain white to a number of other options,...number of other options, including pictures saved on the device. Finished drawing? Save your masterpiece and Doodle Buddy will email the picture to your family...

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