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Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
What Speech-Language Pathologists Actually Do: A Guide for Special Needs Families
...disorders (patterns of sound errors), and childhood apraxia of speech (motor planning difficulty that affects speech sequencing) all fall here. Language....disorders (patterns of sound errors), and childhood apraxia of speech (motor planning difficulty that affects speech sequencing) all fall here. Language. Receptive...
Research > Funding
Where Research Dollars Go: Understanding Funding Gaps Across Disability Conditions
...to lifespan or adulthood research. The rest funded early intervention, motor development, and pediatric outcomes. For families planning long-term care...early intervention, motor development, and pediatric outcomes. For families planning long-term care into adulthood, that 2.3% represents the entire knowledge...
Health > Diagnosis
The Neuropsychological Evaluation: A Complete Guide for Parents
...information. It tests memory, attention, problem-solving, language, and motor skills through standardized tasks. The resulting report identifies specific...identifies specific strengths and weaknesses that inform diagnosis, treatment planning, and school accommodations. For many families, it's the diagnostic step...
Career > Finding Jobs
From Assessment to Offer: Using Vocational Evaluation to Find the Right Job Match
...disabilities, this sequence matters more than it does in standard career planning. A role that looks manageable on paper may become unsustainable under real...additional support might improve outcomes. Physical capacities. Stamina, fine motor skills, lifting requirements, mobility factors, and anything that determines...
Therapies > Speech
Speech-Based Activities for Kids with Apraxia
...apraxia of speech (CAS), is a neurologically-based motor speech disorder in which children know what they...repeat, repeat! Movement repetitions build strong motor planning/programming/gestures. Can you say that...repeat! Movement repetitions build strong motor planning/programming/gestures. Can you say that again?...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Ask the Development Doc: Play Dates for Autism
...obstacles to knowing how to play well with other children can include poor motor planning. This is where children literally have no internal map as to what...to knowing how to play well with other children can include poor motor planning. This is where children literally have no internal map as to what to do...
Assistive Tech > Hardware
Robotic-Assited Therapy for Cerebral Palsy
...Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto is planning the first ever clinical trial of robot-assisted...severity levels of cerebral palsy, a congenital motor condition. The machine, called a Lokomat Pro,...training helps stimulate and train the muscles for motor learning. The Lokomat works well by also providing...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Emotion, Community…MIRACLE!
Developmental delays, communication difficulties and/or motor planning and sensory processing challenges can impede a child's ability... Developmental delays, communication difficulties and/or motor planning and sensory processing challenges can impede a child's ability to express...
Social Engagement > Community Living
Emotion, Community…Miracles
Developmental delays, communication difficulties and/or motor planning and sensory processing challenges can impede a child's ability... Developmental delays, communication difficulties and/or motor planning and sensory processing challenges can impede a child's ability to express...
Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
Book Review: Speaking of Apraxia
...parents. Childhood apraxia of speech, or CAS, is a motor speech disorder in which children have difficulty...condition affects areas of the brain dedicated to motor planning for the lips, jaw, and tongue and necessary...condition affects areas of the brain dedicated to motor planning for the lips, jaw, and tongue and necessary movements...
Therapies > Occupational
Can Occupational Therapy Help Your Child?
...sensory processing or motor coordination....coordination. MOTOR SKILLS: Occupational...fine, and visual motor skills. They typically...Children may experience motor delays for a variety...difficulty with motor planning (dyspraxia),...difficulty with motor planning (dyspraxia), low...balance. Children with motor delays often struggle...between the child with motor delays and his or...
Research > Brain Science
Neuroplasticity Across Disabilities: The Science of Brain Change in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and Stroke
...remapping. When a brain region is damaged, nearby areas can take over its function. This is why some kids regain movement after a stroke even when the motor cortex was affected. Axonal sprouting. Neurons grow new branches to connect with other neurons....