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Executive Function Strategies That Work: A Parent's Guide for Students with Learning Differences
Special Needs > Learning Differences

Executive Function Strategies That Work: A Parent's Guide for Students with Learning Differences

By Isabella Johnson
...still staring at the first problem, or they've...start tasks, hold information in working memory,...executive function skills respond to practical support....Memory Support: Making Information Stick. Working memory...hold and manipulate information. When it's limited,...rehearsal helps lock information in place. Before...it's describing the first sentence before putting...
Executive Function in Neurodevelopmental Conditions: The Brain System That Connects ADHD, Autism, and Learning Challenges
Medical > Neurology

Executive Function in Neurodevelopmental Conditions: The Brain System That Connects ADHD, Autism, and Learning Challenges

By Andrew Donovan
...when to shift attention, how to hold information in mind while using it, and how to...interrelated processes. Working memory holds information temporarily while you use it, like...you use it, like remembering the first part of a sentence while reading...control helps you pause automatic responses. Planning and organization let you...
Transitions: Raising Wise Children
Parenting > Adulthood

Transitions: Raising Wise Children

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...the same as wisdom. Our children may have good information about their medical conditions. However, even...automatically always rescue them. Instead, we respond by loving them, talking it over with them, and...wisdom usually do it by making two common mistakes. First, they try to make sure their children don't...
New Possibilities for Children on the Autism Spectrum
Education > Early Intervention

New Possibilities for Children on the Autism Spectrum

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...never forget the first time a child on the...not speak, did not respond to language. He did...language. He did not even respond to his name. Nothing...help him. After his first couple of sessions...is self-organizing information system, it needs...needs new and useful information to change and improve....The source for information for the brain is...
Accommodation Denial Appeals: Next Steps When Your Request Is Rejected
Career > Accommodations

Accommodation Denial Appeals: Next Steps When Your Request Is Rejected

By Liam Fitzgerald
...considering alternatives if your first request doesn't work, and explaining...to consider alternatives when the first option doesn't work Requiring more...doesn't work Requiring more medical information than necessary to establish need Denying...emails, meeting notes, and any written responses from HR or your supervisor. If your...
What's on at the 2026 Winter Paralympics on March 10: Cross-Country Skiing Opens at Tesero
News > Sports

What's on at the 2026 Winter Paralympics on March 10: Cross-Country Skiing Opens at Tesero

By Brock Jefferson
...new chapter: para cross-country skiing makes its first appearance at these Games, sprint races at Tesero,...concussion that cut into her training season. She responded in biathlon with a gold medal in the sprint sitting...cross-country as well as biathlon. Tuesday is the first day they're on a pure ski course, no rifle, no...
How Families Apply for CAF Adaptive Sports Grants: What the Money Covers
Research > Funding

How Families Apply for CAF Adaptive Sports Grants: What the Money Covers

By Henry Peterson
...prosthetics CAF Operation Rebound: Support for U.S. military veterans, first responders, and active-duty personnel with permanent physical disabilities...prosthetics CAF Operation Rebound: Support for U.S. military veterans, first responders, and active-duty personnel with permanent physical disabilities CAF Idaho...
App of the Day: Simplex Spelling
Assistive Tech > Apps

App of the Day: Simplex Spelling

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...kept building on the apps to serve the needs of our children. They have responded well to the apps — as have many other kids. We're pleased to make such a...research regarding the best curriculum for teaching literacy after the first reading curriculum she tried didn't click with our son. Lisa realized...
The FDA Is About to Finalize Its Ban on Shock Devices Used on Disabled People. Here's What Families Need to Know.
News > Advocacy

The FDA Is About to Finalize Its Ban on Shock Devices Used on Disabled People. Here's What Families Need to Know.

By Amelia Harper
...likely end of a decades-long legal battle. The FDA first banned GEDs in March 2020, but a federal appeals...regulate how doctors use medical devices. Congress responded by amending the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act through...deliver electric shocks to a person's skin in response to behaviors staff deem problematic. The Judge...
FDA Misses Deadline to Ban Electric Shock Devices Used on People with Disabilities
News > Advocacy

FDA Misses Deadline to Ban Electric Shock Devices Used on People with Disabilities

By Amelia Harper
...showering. A Decade of Failed Attempts. The FDA first proposed banning these devices in 2016. In March...the FDA had overstepped its authority. Congress responded by explicitly granting the FDA authority to ban...of early June 2026, no federal spokesperson has responded to media requests for comment on the delay. What...
How to Request a Speech Therapy Evaluation Through Your School
Therapies > Speech

How to Request a Speech Therapy Evaluation Through Your School

By Caroline Harris
...process, and it's the one worth getting right first. Why Talking to the Teacher Doesn't Start the Clock....the bottom of a long list. Nothing requires a response within a set number of days. A written request...Education Act (IDEA), which means the district has to respond, has to seek your consent to evaluate, and then...
Job Coaches for Young Adults with Disabilities: How They Help and How to Access Them
Parenting > Adulthood

Job Coaches for Young Adults with Disabilities: How They Help and How to Access Them

By Dr. Opal Stenson
...they need someone showing them the ropes beyond a first-day orientation. You've heard that vocational rehabilitation...or job coach doing side-by-side training for the first two weeks on register procedures" gives the employer...to. A vague request for "support" invites a vague response. Employers aren't required to pay for an outside...

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