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Global Insights > Culture
Person-First or Identity-First? What Parents Should Know About Language in the Disability Community
...Down syndrome. A student with a learning disability. The logic is clear:...disability second. Then you read a blog post by an autistic adult..."the blind." Reducing someone to their diagnosis was the norm...palsy is also a daughter, a reader, a friend. The disability...people most affected by it get to decide where it goes. Why Some...
Global Insights > Advocacy
Teaching Your Child to Self-Advocate: Age-by-Age Strategies from Elementary Through High School
...child learns to name what they...often ask when to start teaching...they can explain to a lunch aide why...parent advocacy to self-advocacy...and being able to name them in simple...yet, but they're learning to recognize when...they're learning to recognize when...working and how to communicate that...communicate that to a trusted adult....fidget toy during reading time. Why do...
Education > Other
Twice Exceptional Students: When Your Child Is Both Gifted and Has a Disability
Your child reads three years ahead but can't...reasoning tests but struggle to follow multi-step directions...slip through the cracks, how to get dual identification, and...diagnosed disability that impacts learning or daily functioning. The disability...functioning. The disability can be a learning disability (dyslexia, dyscalculia,...
Therapies > Play
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT): What It Is and How It Helps Special Needs Families
...technique promising to fix behavior...behaviors. You're not learning principles to...learning principles to try at home later....later. You're learning by doing, with...typically 14 to 20 sessions,...programs extend it to age 12 for children...You don't move to the next phase...not subjective readiness. Phase 1:...CDI, you learn to follow your child's...therapist coaches you to use specific...
Therapies > Music
Music Therapy for Special Needs Children: What Parents Should Know
...activities to address specific...not around learning to play an...around learning to play an instrument...works, and how to evaluate whether...qualified to work with...interventions to accomplish...harmony) as tools to work on non-musical...use drumming to help a child...call-and-response singing to help a nonverbal...songwriting to help a teenager...skills: how to read notation,...skills: how to read notation,...uses music to address developmental,...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
College with a Learning Difference: A Four-Year High School Preparation Guide
...high school to college...students with learning differences...knowing how to access the...entitled to. Parents...senior spring to think about...earlier, trying to teach self-advocacy...child head to campus unprepared...through what to do each...college ready. Freshman...beginning to understand...name their learning difference...self-advocacy to the IEP...requires IEPs to include...year might read: "By the...identify their learning difference...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
When ADHD Isn't Alone: Understanding Co-Occurring Anxiety, Dyslexia, and Learning Differences
...they still avoid reading. Behavioral strategies...the whole story. Up to 80% of children with...condition, according to data from CHADD....children with ADHD, and learning disabilities like...diagnoses that happen to show up together....also make it harder to manage the cognitive...untreated ADHD can lead to secondary anxiety....repeatedly fails at reading because of undiagnosed...
Research > Brain Science
How Executive Function Shapes Learning: What Parents Need to Know About the Brain Science Behind Reading, Math, and Organization
...when a child with dyslexia reads the same sentence four...systems are what allow us to hold information in mind...dyscalculia, and other learning disabilities, the result...up as disorganization, reading struggles, or math confusion....your math book, and turn to page 42," working memory...steps in mind long enough to complete them. It's also...
Medical > Neurology
Executive Function in Neurodevelopmental Conditions: The Brain System That Connects ADHD, Autism, and Learning Challenges
...deficits tied to a learning disability....deficits tied to a learning disability. They're...deciding what to focus on, when...focus on, when to shift attention,...attention, how to hold information...using it, and how to inhibit impulses...disorder, and specific learning disabilities with...sentence while reading the end. Cognitive...flexibility allows you to shift between tasks...
Lifestyle > Independence
Teaching Self-Advocacy: How to Help Your Child Speak Up for Their Needs
...eight-year-old can read three grade levels...their diagnosis to a new doctor....child who learns to say "I need a...never learns to speak up for themselves,...someone else to fight their battles....schoolers can begin learning the first two....They're more likely to be employed, enrolled...accommodations to a teacher will...will be able to explain them to...explain them to a...
Legal > Employment
Your Employment Rights Under the ADA: A Complete Guide for People with Disabilities
...they apply and how to invoke them. Most people...or never learned how to request an accommodation...employer must do, and how to enforce your rights...depression, anxiety, PTSD, or learning disabilities. "Substantially...significantly harder compared to most people. Major...speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating,...breathing, learning, reading, concentrating,...
Health > Diagnosis
The Neuropsychological Evaluation: A Complete Guide for Parents
...process, from the referral that starts it to the report that concludes it. When a...behavioral challenges that don't respond to typical management strategies, or suspected...suspected conditions like autism, ADHD, or learning disabilities that require formal diagnosis....other assessments miss. A child who reads at grade level but can't follow multi-step...