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The Complete Guide to Finding Support as a Special Needs Parent
Parenting > Support Groups

The Complete Guide to Finding Support as a Special Needs Parent

By Emily Thompson
...doesn't provide: peer experience. Research in neuroscience suggests that connecting with someone who...neural pathways than receiving expert advice. Mirror neurons fire when we recognize our own experience...pathways than receiving expert advice. Mirror neurons fire when we recognize our own experience in someone...
Product of the Week: Social Skills, Emotional Growth and Drama Therapy
Therapies > Play

Product of the Week: Social Skills, Emotional Growth and Drama Therapy

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...treatment. Drama therapy works by firing mirror neurons; through reenactment of dramatic...Drama therapy works by firing mirror neurons; through reenactment of dramatic circumstances,...Shakespeare knew of theatre's ability to mirror real-life situations, long before...real-life situations, long before neuroscience began. Drama is an art form but...
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT): What It Is and How It Helps Special Needs Families
Therapies > Play

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT): What It Is and How It Helps Special Needs Families

By Dr. Jenna Collins
...reducing challenging behaviors. You're not learning principles to try at home later. You're learning by doing, with a therapist watching through a one-way mirror and guiding every interaction as it happens. For families raising children with developmental delays, autism, ADHD, or sensory processing challenges,...
Equine Therapy: Connecting Through Emotions
Therapies > Animal

Equine Therapy: Connecting Through Emotions

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...would see the scars from the abuse on the Thoroughbred, and they would connect. We use horses not only because they connect with us, but because they mirror human emotions. It’s much easier for a client to see these emotions within the horse instead of themselves, even though the horse is just picking up...
A Discussion of Neurofeedback
Health > Treatment

A Discussion of Neurofeedback

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...allowing the brain to look in the mirror and see its own activity." Othmer continues,...best analogy is to say you walk by a mirror, and the brain is very sensitive to...to the fact that that's you in the mirror; when you walk by a mirror, the brain...in the mirror; when you walk by a mirror, the brain rivets...
Racing Hearts and Changing Lives: The Thunderhill Race for Down Syndrome Awareness
Special Needs > Down Syndrome

Racing Hearts and Changing Lives: The Thunderhill Race for Down Syndrome Awareness

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...Pledge for Every Lap Imagine turning laps in a $500 "race-car" into a beacon of hope for children needing life-saving heart surgeries. This concept mirrors the middle school jog-a-thons but with a twistâ€"racing beloved vehicles around the track for hours, aiming for endurance rather than speed. The goal...

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