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Career > Accommodations
Temporary Accommodations During Medical Treatment or Recovery
...accommodations during treatment and recovery. Here's...disability as a physical or mental impairment that substantially...chemotherapy, radiation treatment, a broken limb that limits...flare unpredictably, and mental health crises that require...unpredictably, and mental health crises that require short-term...short-term intensive treatment all qualify if they substantially...
Lifestyle > Art
How Art Therapy Helps Children and Adults with Special Needs: Benefits, Methods, and Getting Started
...But you don't know if it's legitimate clinical treatment, expensive recreational programming, or something...Therapy Is and What It's Not. Art therapy is a mental health profession where board-certified therapists...Is and What It's Not. Art therapy is a mental health profession where board-certified therapists use...
Medical > Psychiatry
The Changing Face of Special Needs Care: Occupational Therapy
...needs is a dynamic and evolving field. One of the treatment modalities making a substantial impact in bettering...benefits for people with developmental, physical or mental health concerns. Occupational Therapy: A Practice...people with developmental, physical or mental health concerns. Occupational Therapy: A Practice Shaping...
Health > Mental Health
Anger, Self-Destructive Tendencies, Depression, and Learning Disorders
...home, school, or social situations. The child may feel anger toward either school or home and release it when he is away from that situation. With treatment such as Books Neural Therapy™, children can release their normal, typical anger and prevent it from turning into something more serious. Self-destructive...
Health > Mental Health
IASO (Immature Adrenaline Systems Over-reactivity), AKA Aggressive Behavior
...Bipolar Disease, and that effective treatment of that primary diagnosis will therefore...community aggression is not part of most mental illnesses. However, mental illness...of most mental illnesses. However, mental illness can set the stage for aggression...triggered in the first place. IASO treatment uses adrenaline blockers ( alpha-blocker...
Health > Mental Health
Mindfulness Awareness-Avoidance
...what she needed and when she'd be home, stating that her husband had cancer and they were often not home during the day due to him needing frequent treatments. As she was leaving she mentioned something about how she puts something up against her door, so people can't look inside her house during the night...
Health > Mental Health
A Growing Epidemic for Kids: Help Your Child Stop Cutting
...cutting is associated with shame, the shock, anger and revulsion of family and friends can further isolate the cutter.Several teens from a local treatment facility gave some...
Health > Treatment
Are Meds Making Your Child Sick?
...in his new book, Are Your Meds Making You Sick? The most frequent problems associated with drugs tend to be gastro-intestinal bleeding, changes in mental status, and extremely low or high blood sugar. Patients with special needs can be even more prone to these issues. Gold says three out of four of these...
Health > Mental Health
Q&A with Dr. Kevin Ross Emery
Dr. Kevin Ross Emery discusses integrating East-West philosophies in ADD/HD treatment, its evolutionary aspect, and shifting its stigma.
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Understanding Reactive Attachment Disorder
...topic of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) — a mental health disorder common among children who were...Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) — a mental health disorder common among children who were subject...misdiagnosing and subsequent counterproductive treatment of the disorder was the single biggest issue confounding...
Career > Accommodations
Mental Health Accommodations: What Employers Must Provide for Depression and Anxiety
...concentration, energy, and the ability to maintain consistent routines. Accommodations address those functional limitations without requiring you to disclose treatment details or severity. Flexible start times allow you to shift your schedule when mornings are difficult. If medication side effects or sleep disruption...
Career > Interviewing
Handling Illegal Interview Questions About Disability
...employers from asking about disability, health conditions, or medical history before...Have you ever been hospitalized for a mental health condition? The rule is simple:...ever been hospitalized for a mental health condition? The rule is simple: if...question is about your body, your health, or your medical history, it's off-limits...