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Brain Connectivity and Cerebral Palsy: Why More Isn't Always Better
Research > Brain Science

Brain Connectivity and Cerebral Palsy: Why More Isn't Always Better

By Emily Thompson
...repetition, denser neural networks, under the...harder to recruit more pathways would eventually get...measuring how many neural pathways fired during...measuring how many neural pathways fired during motor...connectivity, more active pathways across more brain...the direct motor pathways from the cortex to...efficient as the original pathway. The child is doing...
Returning to School After Childhood Cancer: What Families Need to Know
Special Needs > Cancer

Returning to School After Childhood Cancer: What Families Need to Know

By Aiden Moore
...nervous system. In targeting cancer cells, chemotherapy also affects healthy neural pathways. Radiation to the head or spine compounds the impact. The result...system. In targeting cancer cells, chemotherapy also affects healthy neural pathways. Radiation to the head or spine compounds the impact. The result is a cluster...
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
...that connecting with someone who has walked your path activates different neural pathways than receiving expert advice. Mirror neurons fire when we recognize...connecting with someone who has walked your path activates different neural pathways than receiving expert advice. Mirror neurons fire when we recognize our...
Sensory Processing Disorder: The Neuroscience Behind Your Child's Sensitivity
Medical > Neurology

Sensory Processing Disorder: The Neuroscience Behind Your Child's Sensitivity

By Andrew Donovan
...structural differences in white-matter pathways, the neural highways that connect...differences in white-matter pathways, the neural highways that connect sensory input...posterior white-matter tracts, the pathways that carry sensory information from...process sight, sound, and touch. These pathways don't just relay signals. They organize...
Brain Plasticity and Therapy: How Intervention Actually Rewires Your Child's Brain
Medical > Neurology

Brain Plasticity and Therapy: How Intervention Actually Rewires Your Child's Brain

By Andrew Donovan
...connections, strengthening pathways that get used and pruning...processes language, specific neural pathways activate. Repeat...language, specific neural pathways activate. Repeat that...that activity and those pathways strengthen. The connections...reverse is also true. Pathways that don't get used weaken....useful, streamlining neural networks for efficiency....
Neuroplasticity Across Disabilities: The Science of Brain Change in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and Stroke
Research > Brain Science

Neuroplasticity Across Disabilities: The Science of Brain Change in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and Stroke

By Emily Thompson
...brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections. When one pathway is damaged or underdeveloped,...itself by forming new neural connections. When one pathway is damaged or underdeveloped, the brain can recruit...Synaptic strengthening. Repeated activation of a pathway makes the connection stronger. Think of it as wearing...
Choosing a Dyslexia Reading Program: What Parents Should Know About Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, and Barton
Special Needs > Dyslexia

Choosing a Dyslexia Reading Program: What Parents Should Know About Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, and Barton

By Leslie Turner
...delivers it. If you are sorting through these options right now, here is a neutral breakdown to help you cut through the noise. What These Programs Have in...on how dyslexic brains process language consistently supports this multi-pathway approach as one of the most effective ways to build new reading skills....
Brain-Computer Interfaces for Children Who Can't Speak: Research, Reality, and How to Access Trials
Research > Assistive Tech

Brain-Computer Interfaces for Children Who Can't Speak: Research, Reality, and How to Access Trials

By William Lewis
If you've searched for brain-computer interfaces for your child, you've seen headlines about mind-reading devices and direct neural communication. What you haven't seen is a clear answer to whether any of this applies to your 7-year-old who can't speak, can't use a switch, and has...
Anger, Self-Destructive Tendencies, Depression, and Learning Disorders
Health > Mental Health

Anger, Self-Destructive Tendencies, Depression, and Learning Disorders

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...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 tendencies and...
How to Modify Aggressive Behavior in Children with Autism
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum

How to Modify Aggressive Behavior in Children with Autism

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...Syndromes have a brain disorder. This brain disorder is particularly manifested by abnormal neuropathology. These children have hyperfunctioning of local neural microcircuits in the brain which produce hyperreactivity and hyperplasticity. If we were to stay with those two concepts, hyperreactivity meaning...
Can Brain Imaging Detect Autism?
Research > Brain Science

Can Brain Imaging Detect Autism?

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...diffusion of water through nerves to determine the density of myelin, which coats each nerve, connects nerves together, and suggests the density of neural connections within the brain. The study involves 92 children from the Brain Imaging Study Network — all infants were considered at high-risk for autism...
Why Children with Disabilities Are Underrepresented in Clinical Trials
Research > Clinical Trials

Why Children with Disabilities Are Underrepresented in Clinical Trials

By Sophia Wilson
...do when you encounter it. Exclusionary Eligibility Criteria. The phrase "medically complex" appears frequently in trial exclusion lists. It sounds neutral, but what it often means is: we designed this trial for the easiest version of the condition. Children with co-occurring conditions are excluded because...

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