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Special Needs > Cerebral Palsy
Hip Surveillance for Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Parent's Guide to the Monitoring Schedule
...surveillance, and it's designed to catch displacement early, before...program using scheduled X-rays to track how well the hip joint...using scheduled X-rays to track how well the hip joint is staying...migration percentage, which shows how much of the femoral head (the...Above that, orthopedists start watching more closely or discussing...
News > Sports
Para Ice Hockey: How Sled Hockey Works, From the Sled to Team USA's Five Straight Golds
...thing you notice watching sled hockey is...they're doing, and how quickly they shift...tells you a lot about how good they are. The...frame, custom-fitted to each player, mounted...faster than it looks. How the Sled and the...accelerate from still to full speed in three...of gravity changes how players move compared...players move compared to standing hockey....
Therapies > Animal
Small Animal Therapy: How Guinea Pigs, Rabbits, and Cats Help Children with Special Needs
Your daughter loves watching videos of therapy...overwhelm. You want to know if animal therapy...slowly. There's time to watch, to decide whether...slowly. There's time to watch, to decide whether to...There's time to watch, to decide whether to touch,...watch, to decide whether to touch, to pull back...decide whether to touch, to pull back if it feels...
Special Needs > Rare Disorders
Ending the Diagnostic Odyssey: How Whole Genome Sequencing Is Changing Rare Disease Diagnosis
...disease diagnosis takes 5 to 7 years and visits to 8...5 to 7 years and visits to 8 different physicians....treatments that don't work, and watch their child's condition...that timeline from years to weeks for families who know...weeks for families who know how to access it. Whole genome...for families who know how to access it. Whole genome...
Global Insights > Culture
Beyond Inspiration Porn: How to Talk to Your Child About Disability Representation in Movies and TV
...seven-year-old watches a movie where...main character to "appreciate...isn't whether to discuss these...child. It's how to give them...child. It's how to give them the...the language to recognize what...that exists to make non-disabled...device designed to inspire, motivate,...who exists to teach the protagonist...function is to inspire the...characters to be kinder....disabled people to make...
Therapies > Play
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT): What It Is and How It Helps Special Needs Families
...technique promising to fix behavior through...learning principles to try at home later....with a therapist watching through a one-way...intervention, typically 14 to 20 sessions, that...programs extend it to age 12 for children...skills. You don't move to the next phase until...In CDI, you learn to follow your child's...therapist coaches you to use specific language...
Therapies > Physical
Physical Therapy for Children with Special Needs: A Complete Parent's Guide
...pediatrician just said "let's watch and wait." Your school-age...constantly and struggles to keep up with classmates...what pediatric PT is, how to know if your child...pediatric PT is, how to know if your child needs...conditions benefit most, and how to find a qualified...benefit most, and how to find a qualified therapist...muscle power needed to walk, stand, climb stairs,...
Special Needs > Respiratory Health
Respiratory Health for Children with Disabilities: A Complete Family Guide
...You're managing how they interact....challenges that affect how well they can...special needs, how to manage them...special needs, how to manage them in...daily life, and how to build a care...life, and how to build a care team...may not be able to tell you they're...breathing. You're watching for behavioral...irritability, refusal to participate in...enough force to create it. You're...
Special Needs > Muscular Dystrophy
The Wheelchair Transition in Muscular Dystrophy: Preparing Your Child Emotionally and Practically
...checkup. You've watched your child's...the transition to full-time wheelchair...probably needs you to start. Why the...Than You Think. How you talk about...wheelchair shapes how your child sees...shifts from loss to capability. This...child's ability to move through the...world. It changes how they do it. The...effort and limits how far your child...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
College with a Learning Difference: A Four-Year High School Preparation Guide
...high school to college for...campus knowing how to access the...knowing how to access the...they're entitled to. Parents who...senior spring to think about...earlier, trying to teach self-advocacy...scaffolding, and watching their child...child head to campus unprepared...through what to do each year...student beginning to understand...self-advocacy to the IEP as...requires IEPs to include transition...
Special Needs > Cancer
Returning to School After Childhood Cancer: What Families Need to Know
...just need time to catch up, but...up, but you're watching something...life changed how their brain...you know what to ask for. What...Treatment Does to the Brain. Chemotherapy...pathways. Radiation to the head or...like trying to run software...need more time to move information...storage, more time to retrieve it,...it, more time to respond to a...time to respond to a question even...
Social Engagement > Friends and Family
How to Help Your Child with Special Needs Build and Keep Friendships
...for them. You watch other kids pair...edge, uncertain how to join. Social...uncertain how to join. Social isolation...not sure where to start breaking...The fastest way to derail a friendship...friendship attempt is to push your child...doesn't need to join the soccer...the soccer team to make friends....friends. They need to find other kids...do they return to when they have...