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Education > K-12
The Special Education Evaluation Process: What Parents Need to Know
...psychologist, special education teacher, and sometimes a speech therapist, occupational therapist, or other specialist)...Psychological evaluation: measures cognitive ability, processing speed, working memory, and executive function....evaluation: measures cognitive ability, processing speed, working memory, and executive function. These...
Education > Accommodations
Standardized Testing Accommodations: Making Sure Your Child's IEP Supports Transfer to State Tests
...what's allowed and what isn't. Extended time works because it removes a processing speed barrier without changing the skill being tested. A student with dyslexia...allowed and what isn't. Extended time works because it removes a processing speed barrier without changing the skill being tested. A student with dyslexia...
Special Needs > Multiple Sclerosis
School Accommodations for Children with Multiple Sclerosis
...multi-step directions into a fog. Processing speed that slows note-taking to a...directions into a fog. Processing speed that slows note-taking to a crawl...invisible. Memory problems, slowed processing speed, and difficulty with executive...Memory problems, slowed processing speed, and difficulty with executive function...
Special Needs > Cancer
Returning to School After Childhood Cancer: What Families Need to Know
...prolonged illness affect working memory, processing speed, attention span, and executive...affect working memory, processing speed, attention span, and executive function....computer with half its RAM removed. Processing speed drops. They need more time to...half its RAM removed. Processing speed drops. They need more time to move...
Medical > Pediatrics
From Referral to First Appointment: Cutting Through the Specialist Waitlist for Your Special Needs Child
...approved authorization can stretch 2 to 6 weeks depending on your insurer's processing speed and whether they request additional documentation. Start this process...authorization can stretch 2 to 6 weeks depending on your insurer's processing speed and whether they request additional documentation. Start this process the...
Therapies > Play
Applied Floortime
...response. This judgment reflects more on our own patience than the actual processing speed the child needs to execute. To really wait on a child to process...This judgment reflects more on our own patience than the actual processing speed the child needs to execute. To really wait on a child to process what he...
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Sensory Integration: Building Blocks
...sensory processing disorder....sensory processing issues are...faster, processing skills....sensory processing disorders,...sensory processing is addressed...increased processing speed and...processing speed and access...sensory processing disorder...sensory processing disorders....hearing/auditory processing, movement/balance,...Sensory Processing) is the brain's...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
Types of Learning Disabilities
...that affects a child's reading and how they see and understand written words. Children with dyslexia can mix up letters, have a hard time with reading speed and fluency, and may even complain of physical ailments when reading. Dyscalculia Dyscalculia is the learning disability that revolves around...
Special Needs > Down Syndrome
Your Early Intervention Roadmap for Down Syndrome: Therapy Options from Birth to Age Three
...three primary therapies are physical therapy (PT), speech-language therapy, and occupational therapy (OT)....motor skills: rolling, sitting, standing, walking. Speech therapy addresses feeding, oral motor development,...language. OT focuses on fine motor skills, sensory processing, and self-care tasks like holding a spoon or transitioning...
Health > Mental Health
When Medical Care Becomes Traumatic: PTSD in Disabled Children and Their Families
...children with disabilities, the risk is higher. They undergo more procedures, spend more time in hospitals, and experience more invasive interventions than...they're compounded by other factors: communication barriers, difficulty processing or predicting what will happen next, and limited autonomy in decisions...
Education > Special Education
Related Services in Special Education: A Complete Guide to OT, PT, Speech, and More
...occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech, counseling, transportation, and...a difference in scope. The school speech-language pathologist focuses on classroom...commonly provided related services are: Speech-language pathology: addressing communication...therapy: supporting fine motor, sensory processing, and daily living skills as they relate...
Career > Interviewing
Using Informational Interviews to Build Confidence Before the Real Thing
...someone who works in a field, organization, or role you're interested in to spend 20 or 30 minutes telling you about it. The pressure that makes job interviews...cognitive demands of switching rapidly between questions, or the social processing required, informational interviews are a different kind of experience....