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Global Insights > Advocacy
Teaching Your Child to Self-Advocate: Age-by-Age Strategies from Elementary Through High School
...graduation. It starts in elementary school,...need and ask for it in situations they can...practiced hundreds of times in lower-stakes settings....forward. Here's what that progression looks like at each...being able to name them in simple terms. Your...negotiating yet, but they're learning to recognize when something...for accommodations in low-stakes situations....
Special Needs > Visual Impairments
Orientation and Mobility Training: The Foundation of Independence for Visually Impaired Children
...assuming it meant learning to use a cane when...training should begin in infancy. Most families...knowing where you are in space. Mobility is...one thing. It's a progression that begins with an...begins with an infant learning their body exists in...their body exists in a room and continues...spatial concepts (in, on, under, next to),...
Social Engagement > Inclusion
Ten Tips for Playdate Inclusion Among Kids of All Abilities
...decision making; and practicing skills in an adult supervised yet natural setting....observers. Play typically develops in a natural progression from individual...Play typically develops in a natural progression from individual play to parallel play...all shapes, sizes, and abilities and learning from each other can truly enhance our...
Education > Tutoring
Educational Remediation From the Brain Stem Up: An Interview With Anna Buck
...symptoms of educational and learning difficulties, not the cause;...believe that the root problem of learning disabilities for many children...of the primitive reflexes in the brain stem, which blocks...nervous system is able to mature in an organized manner-the same...same organized, systematic progression of normal developmental growth....
News > Sports
Cai Jiayun Grew Up Where It Never Snows. He Won Three Para Biathlon Golds at His Second Games.
...Jiayun grew up in the remote...Yunnan Province in southern China,...left forearm in a childhood...practiced on snow in conditions...started training in winter conditions,...Paralympics in Milan, Cai...finish line in that first...and a steep learning curve. Coaches...followed his progression describe his...wasn't just learning to race; he...race; he was learning to tolerate...persisted in his early...
Education > Accommodations
Accommodations vs Modifications: What Every Parent Must Know Before the IEP Meeting
In most IEP meetings, accommodations...as "supports." Both appear in IEP documents. The team rarely...changes how a student accesses learning. The content and the academic...subjects, they are no longer progressing through the general education...general education curriculum in the same way as their peers....
Career > Finding Jobs
Functional Resumes vs. Chronological Resumes for Employment Gaps
...problem is a two-year gap you're not ready to explain in detail, that advice just moved the spotlight without...chronological resume lists your work experience in reverse order, starting with your most recent position....employment history tells a coherent story: steady progression, logical moves, minimal unexplained gaps. A functional...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
When to Replace Your Child's Wheelchair: Fit Indicators and Insurance Timeline
Your daughter is slumping to one side in her wheelchair. Your son's knees are pressed against...process can prevent pressure sores, spinal curvature progression, and months without proper mobility equipment. Physical...movement needed for reaching and self-propulsion in manual chairs. For children who use lateral trunk...
Special Needs > Spina Bifida
Teaching Bowel and Bladder Independence in Spina Bifida: A Guide for Parents
...should. Teaching bowel and bladder independence in spina bifida isn't a single milestone you reach...compound into full self-management. Here's what that progression looks like, what readiness means at each stage,...management show that children who begin participating in their own care by age 8 to 10 have higher rates...
Research > Genetics
CRISPR Gene Therapy for Rare Pediatric Disorders: What Families Need to Know
In February 2025, a medical team...personalized CRISPR therapy in the next few years. But the...which conditions move from "in development" to "available"...caused by a single mutation in a known gene. If you can fix...mutation, you can stop the disease progression. But CRISPR doesn't work for...
Health > Treatment
Getting Your Child to Take Medicine: Evidence-Based Strategies That Actually Work
...of medication errors in pediatric care occur at...you're managing a gap in their care, not just a...today. The Pill-Swallowing Progression That Works. Many children...Skittles work well for this progression. The progression works...this progression. The progression works because it separates...once the mechanics are in place. Step 1: Size sorting...
Medical > Cardiology
Managing Your Child's Heart Health with Muscular Dystrophy: A Parent's Guide to Cardiomyopathy Monitoring
...to prevent. It's a progression you're tracking and...leading cause of death in Duchenne muscular dystrophy....contraction damages cells. In the heart, that damage...causes microscopic tears in cardiac muscle cells....can't pump efficiently. In DMD, this process is...dystrophIn entirely. In Becker muscular dystrophy,...but it still develops in most cases. The timing...