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Process Art vs Product Art for Children with Autism
...on the fridge. You wonder if you should've shown them what to make. That impulse to redirect, to produce something frameable, is the difference between product...design. Both have value. Product art teaches following directions, fine motor control, and completing a multi-step sequence. But for autistic children who already...
Lifestyle > Recreation
Board Games That Build Skills: A Parent's Guide to Therapeutic Tabletop Play
...unfamiliar territory. For kids with ADHD, they build working memory and impulse control in 15-minute increments that feel like play, not work. For kids...unfamiliar territory. For kids with ADHD, they build working memory and impulse control in 15-minute increments that feel like play, not work. For kids with intellectual...
Education > Early Intervention
Activities for Kids: Rhythm and Movement
...speech and language development, and impulse control. For a parent of a special...language development, and impulse control. For a parent of a special needs child,...the other dancers, and decreasing impulse control. Dances should be kept age...other dancers, and decreasing impulse control. Dances should be kept age appropriate...
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Disciplining Children with Bipolar Disorder
...condition that affects the brain areas that regulate impulse control, emotions, speech, thought, planning,...affects the brain areas that regulate impulse control, emotions, speech, thought, planning, and memory....bipolar disorder are extremely influenced by their impulses and surroundings. This situation makes it difficult...
Lifestyle > Recreation
Sports Programs for Special Needs
...sports. While many symptoms of special needs, including inattention, lack of impulse control, and trouble following directions make sports difficult, or it is...many symptoms of special needs, including inattention, lack of impulse control, and trouble following directions make sports difficult, or it is problematic...
Health > Mental Health
What is OCD?
...off the lights when leaving the house. While the impulse to check things is a typical human condition, people...this diagnosis. People with OCD have difficulty controlling these behaviors. Obsessions often stem from...and behaviors are unwanted, but people cannot control them. Obsessive-compulsive disorder causes anxiety...
Parenting > The Early Years
Meeting Your Child's Special Needs
Parents often worry about kids' ADHD, a condition affecting focus and impulse control. With support, kids can still succeed.
Medical > Neurology
Executive Function in Neurodevelopmental Conditions: The Brain System That Connects ADHD, Autism, and Learning Challenges
...attention, how to hold information in mind while using it, and how to inhibit impulses that derail a task. When this system develops more slowly than expected,...to shift between tasks or perspectives without getting stuck. Inhibitory control helps you pause automatic responses. Planning and organization let you...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
Learning Disabilties and the Juvenile Justice System: Some Food for Thought
...processing verbal questions, sequencing events, mustering demand language and controlling your impulses. Odds are that no one will ask you if you have a disability...questions, sequencing events, mustering demand language and controlling your impulses. Odds are that no one will ask you if you have a disability or understand...
Lifestyle > Relationships
Social Skills Groups for Elementary-Age Children with ADHD
...children feel different from other kinds of support. The knowledge is often there. The want is there. What's missing is the pause: the moment between impulse and action where a child reads the room, adjusts, and meets the other person where they are. Social skills groups for elementary-age children create...