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The R-Word Spiked 200% Online. A Disney Actor With Down Syndrome Made a 91-Second Response Parents Need to See.
News > Advocacy

The R-Word Spiked 200% Online. A Disney Actor With Down Syndrome Made a 91-Second Response Parents Need to See.

By Amelia Harper
...is called "Just Evolve." The tagline is direct and the execution avoids trauma narratives or emotional appeals. Instead, a 19-year-old lists things we...Evolve." The tagline is direct and the execution avoids trauma narratives or emotional appeals. Instead, a 19-year-old lists things we stopped doing because we...
What Is Play Therapy? A Parent's Guide for Special Needs Families
Therapies > Play

What Is Play Therapy? A Parent's Guide for Special Needs Families

By Dr. Jenna Collins
...through which children express, process, and resolve emotional or behavioral difficulties. The therapist is trained...reenact separation through dolls. A child processing trauma might repeat scenarios with toy figures until...safely, and intervenes to guide the child toward emotional...
The Hidden Mental Health Crisis: Why Teenagers with Disabilities Need Psychiatric Care (And How to Access It)
Medical > Psychiatry

The Hidden Mental Health Crisis: Why Teenagers with Disabilities Need Psychiatric Care (And How to Access It)

By Chloe Davis
...research is consistent: 67.1% experience anxiety, depression, or social-emotional problems. These aren't behavioral issues related to their underlying condition....add disability-specific layers: chronic pain, social isolation, medical trauma from repeated procedures, awareness of difference, restricted independence,...
IEP or 504? How to Choose the Right Support Plan for Your Child
Global Insights > Education

IEP or 504? How to Choose the Right Support Plan for Your Child

By Amelia Scott
...IDEA's 13 recognized categories: autism, specific learning disability, emotional disturbance, speech or language impairment, intellectual disability, hearing...intellectual disability, hearing or visual impairment, orthopedic impairment, traumatic brain injury, other health impairment, deaf-blindness, or multiple disabilities....
Anger, Self-Destructive Tendencies, Depression, and Learning Disorders
Health > Mental Health

Anger, Self-Destructive Tendencies, Depression, and Learning Disorders

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...outlet, and they may internalize these emotions when teachers, parents, and other...The brain will protect itself from trauma and may scramble input or output,...themselves and put on their happy faces. Emotional and behavioral issues that accompany...safe to express themselves and their emotions. The stories I hear from these kids...
The Journey of the Parent with a Special Needs Child
Parenting > The Early Years

The Journey of the Parent with a Special Needs Child

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...I think it's time we acknowledge the internal emotional experience of a parent of a child with special...journey, and there are times when you will feel traumatized or in disbelief with your experience, and...person who can help you reflect on your inner most emotions and experiences, regardless of how 'un-mommy like'...
Special Needs in Education
Education > Accommodations

Special Needs in Education

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...needs in education include physical, mental and emotional disabilities. Some disability categories include:...Autism Spectrum Disorder Developmental delay Emotional disability Language or speech impairment Cognitive...hearing Deaf-blind Multiple disabilities Traumatic Brain Injury Orthopedic impairment Other...
Neurofeedback: Myth and Reality
Health > Alternative Medicine

Neurofeedback: Myth and Reality

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...children and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder [1] (ADHD,) traumatic brain injury, schizophrenia, and anxiety disorders. As a practicing...differences in brain regions, and problems with attention, planning, shifting, emotional control, and working memory. Although all of the above appears correct,...
Excerpt from "Life Before Birth"
Education > Early Intervention

Excerpt from "Life Before Birth"

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
On Prenatal Life: The evidence is increasing–traumas while being carried in the womb have a lifelong...stored for a lifetime affecting our behavior.[1] A trauma in the womb can change the set-point for noradrenaline...produce maladaptation: not for just the time of the trauma, but for a lifetime. Long term excess cortisol...
Reactive Attachment Disorder
Special Needs > General Special Needs

Reactive Attachment Disorder

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...develops in children who suffer intense emotional or physical trauma at a very young...suffer intense emotional or physical trauma at a very young age. Not all children...young age. Not all children who suffer trauma will develop RAD, but a traumatic...suffer trauma will develop RAD, but a traumatic childhood is the common factor...
Book Review: Gifts
Lifestyle > Recreation

Book Review: Gifts

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...as deciding whether or not to terminate the pregnancy, feeling calm or traumatized after hearing the diagnosis, or reflecting on the years of raising...mothers who have just received their child's diagnosis pull through the emotions they feel and offer a knowledgeable perspective. Gifts is strongly recommended...
A Growing Epidemic for Kids: Help Your Child Stop Cutting
Health > Mental Health

A Growing Epidemic for Kids: Help Your Child Stop Cutting

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...cutters are primarily teenage females, the disorder also affects males.People who self-injure have not learned to identify, express, or release their emotions. They may have adopted self-injury as a strategy for getting relief from intense unexpressed feelings. They are unduly critical and shameful, which...

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