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Research > Assistive Tech
Choosing AAC Devices Based on Research: What the Evidence Says About Effectiveness
...track conversation turns. Still others measure caregiver satisfaction or functional independence. When researchers try to compare Device A versus Device B,...the populations studied vary widely. A child with autism and intact motor skills faces different communication barriers than a...
Therapies > Occupational
Occupational Therapy for Children with Special Needs: School, Private, or Both?
...access their education. Educational necessity is a legal standard, not a functional one. School-based OT focuses on skills needed to participate in the classroom:...necessity is a legal standard, not a functional one. School-based OT focuses on skills needed to participate in the classroom: holding a pencil to complete written...
Lifestyle > Art
How Art Therapy Helps Children and Adults with Special Needs: Benefits, Methods, and Getting Started
...looks more like occupational therapy that uses visual expression instead of functional tasks. Here's what art therapy is, how it works for different disabilities,...processes to help people express emotions, process experiences, develop motor skills, and build communication pathways. The art itself isn't the therapy. The...
Career > Finding Jobs
Writing Your Resume When Employment Gaps Tell a Story You Can't Share
...medical history. Why Functional Resumes Backfire....is to switch to a functional resume format, which...which leads with skills categories instead...why candidates use functional formats, and their...recruiters dislike functional resumes. One reason...often can't process skills-based formats correctly....other is strategic: a functional format signals that...
Education > Higher Education
Transitioning 2 Life Skills – From HS to Adult
...with a diploma but no functional skills to live as an adult?...diploma but no functional skills to live as an adult?...to teach adult living skills when students feel too...Searching for a life skills program for her son's...and, later, Daily Living Skills were born. Both programs...Both programs provide skills to help young people transitioning...
Lifestyle > Independence
Ying / Yang – Balance Your Child With The Outside World
...positive effect on behavior, social skills or other areas of concern. Beware...activities: Does my child possess the skills required to participate, such as attending...participate, such as attending or social skills? Is the activity going to benefit...benefit my child in a meaningful and functional way? Will this activity address my...
Education > Accommodations
Making IEP goals that support Language and Communication: Tweaking the plan in the New Year
...long and tedious meeting. In order to maximize the opportunity to support functional goal development, the parents can be ready to suggest ways to help the...trans-disciplinary environment where everyone is working on and supporting all skills. Growth is inevitable. A math goal may state that 'John Doe will identify...
Education > Higher Education
Transition Plans Matter
...coordinated set of activities designed and focused on improving the academic and functional achievement of the student as required to meet the goals established in...related services, community experiences, and the acquisition of daily living skills. The transition planning process may need to include appropriate assessments...
Therapies > Occupational
Occupational Therapy
...Goals are developed to ensure that functional outcomes are met. OT's assist clients...feeding, social, self-care, and strength skills. By using play, self-care tasks, social...therapeutic activities, children develop functional skills that enable them to live more...activities, children develop functional skills that enable them to live more independently.OTs...
Therapies > Physical
Physical Therapy
...on improving the patient's functional or educational skills. Therapy...functional or educational skills. Therapy sessions may include:...therapist to work on mobility skills, strengthening exercises or...sometimes ready to acquire new skills and sometimes need the help...and care-givers to practice skills that are developing more slowly....
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Sensory Integration: Building Blocks
...and the distortions are replaced with free flowing, faster, processing skills. When children have sensory processing disorders, they have distortions...and respond to the information that we receive through these senses for functional behavior. It receives sensory messages and turns them into responses. This...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
Executive Function Strategies That Work: A Parent's Guide for Students with Learning Differences
...builds on both sides. Executive function challenges affect students...and others. These are the skills that manage how we start tasks,...good news is that executive function skills respond to practical...is that executive function skills respond to practical support....bridge the gap while these skills continue developing. Here's...