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Lifestyle > Independence
Building Independence: A Life Skills Roadmap for Children with Special Needs
...their next developmental step. Independence...essential skill areas and four...areas and four developmental stages, from...adulthood. The Five Skill Areas That...isn't one skill. It's a cluster...across daily life. Families who...Families who focus only on self-care...focus only on self-care miss...navigation skills that determine...These are the skills that determine...self-advocacy are the skills that protect...
Global Insights > Employment
The Real Path to Employment: What Happens Between High School and Your Child's First Paycheck
...IEP process and focuses on life after high school:...process and focuses on life after high school: employment,...and independent living skills. The IEP team, which includes...Postsecondary goals based on age-appropriate assessments...connections to vocational rehab, developmental disability agencies,...progress is the primary focus. But...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Holistic Approaches to Managing Autism Spectrum Disorder
...characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech,...approaches to managing ASD focus on treating the whole person,...approaches to managing ASD focus on treating the whole person,...to improve their quality of life and overall well-being. Understanding...Autism is a complex, lifelong developmental disability that appears in...
Medical > Psychiatry
The Changing Face of Special Needs Care: Occupational Therapy
...benefits for people with developmental, physical or mental...traditional approaches that focus solely on 'fixing'...that focus solely on 'fixing' the problem,...individuals with the skills and strategies they...This means teaching skills like dressing, eating,...rehabilitation and focuses on empowering the individual...living a fulfilling life. A patient-centered...
Education > Accommodations
Making IEP goals that support Language and Communication: Tweaking the plan in the New Year
...pairing them with your child's life experiences. Each year an IEP...to support functional goal development, the parents can be ready to...Each goal has a particular focus and purpose with academic and...environment where everyone is working on and supporting all skills....working on and supporting all skills. Growth is inevitable. A math...
Therapies > Animal
What is Equine Therapy?
...learn how to sit up on their own or encouraging...tone, balance, motor skills, focus, and coordination....balance, motor skills, focus, and coordination....its goals and the skills it helps create or...given instruction on grooming, which promotes...areas of the child's life. Equine therapy has...with emotional or developmental disorders. The use...
Career > Interviewing
Uncovering the Invisible Job Market for Disabled Job Seekers
...Unique Strengths and Value. Focus on what you have to offer an...Strengths and Value. Focus on what you have to offer an employer,...Think about your strengths, skills and experience. How can they...your needs Empathy and people skills from your life experiences Unique...and people skills from your life experiences Unique perspectives...
Special Needs > Cancer
Leveraging Adaptive Strategies for Cancer Survivors
...challenges as they navigate life after diagnosis and...improve quality of life and promote overall...taking the time to focus on physical health by...taking the time to focus on physical health by eating...develop new coping skills to manage stress and...joy and meaning to life. It's also important...motivated and focused on the future. Staying...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Case Studies - How Meditation Has Helped Those With Autism
...with people and felt like I was always on the outside looking in. But then I...everything. Meditation helped me to focus my mind and to be more present in the...overcome my autism and to create the life that I wanted. "Meditation And Autism:...It can improve communication, social skills, and behavior. It can also help reduce...
Education > Higher Education
New Transitional Living Program for Young Adults with Special Needs
...individual based on their needs....living experience on a college campus...Diagnosis. Based on the needs of...practice the skills necessary to...successful in adult life. Residents and...able to build on their strengths...program focused on meeting their...Key areas of focus are: learning...independent living skills, developing and...executive functioning skills (like organization,...
Lifestyle > Independence
How to Organize the Chaos
...organizing the many aspects of my life after receiving that news alleviated...the stress and allowed me to focus on helping my child. You need...stress and allowed me to focus on helping my child. You need to...Instead, we need to break down "life" into tiny more manageable little...seek preventive care and the skills to negotiate the health care...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
Best Treatments for Adult ADD
...challenges. Add Adult ADD to the picture and life is even more complex. Work, relationships,...and even simple tasks are harder to focus on. Adult ADD affects several adults,...even simple tasks are harder to focus on. Adult ADD affects several adults,...Better Work Management and Organization Skills Adult ADD can affect work habits....