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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
...that. It's a structured, evidence-based protocol where a therapist coaches...with your child, strengthening your relationship and reducing challenging behaviors....sessions, that treats the parent-child relationship as the primary tool for behavior...with developmental disabilities. The model has two phases: Child-Directed Interaction...
DIR/FLOORTIME: A Developmental Approach to Play Therapy for Children Impacted by Autism Treatment
Therapies > Play

DIR/FLOORTIME: A Developmental Approach to Play Therapy for Children Impacted by Autism Treatment

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...area, designed a modern developmental/relationship-based...modern developmental/relationship-based model that...developmental/relationship-based model that helps...developmental/relationship-based model that helps chil-...individual-differences, relationship-based model) or,...individual-differences, relationship-based model) or, in practice,”Floortime”...relationship-based model) or, in practice,”Floortime”...with any child is based on the ability...
DIR/FLoor Time: Play Therapy For Children with Autism
Therapies > Play

DIR/FLoor Time: Play Therapy For Children with Autism

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...area, designed a modern develop- mental/relationship-based...develop- mental/relationship-based model that...mental/relationship-based model that helps...mental/relationship-based model that helps children...individual differences, relationship-based model) or,...differences, relationship-based model) or, in practice,...relationship-based model) or, in practice,...with any child is based on the ability...
Art Programs for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
Lifestyle > Art

Art Programs for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

By Gregory Simmons
...expression ends when they age out of school-based programs. Art classes, studio time,...someone who needs to be fixed. Studio models frame them as someone with something...gallery quality. Many programs maintain relationships with local galleries and participate...often earn income from sales. Payment models vary by program. Some studios pay...
A Senate Panel Will Vote in July to Block the Transfer of Special Education to HHS. Here's What IEP Families Need to Do Now.
Education > Special Education

A Senate Panel Will Vote in July to Block the Transfer of Special Education to HHS. Here's What IEP Families Need to Do Now.

By Isabella Johnson
...have called the move incompatible with the school-based continuum IDEA was designed around, warning that...around, warning that HHS operates under a medical model and doesn't have relationships with school districts....operates under a medical model and doesn't have relationships with school districts. Plaintiffs in an existing...
Association Discrimination: When Your Employer Discriminates Because of Your Disabled Child or Spouse
Career > Discrimination

Association Discrimination: When Your Employer Discriminates Because of Your Disabled Child or Spouse

By Oliver Smith
...protects you from discrimination based on your relationship with someone...from discrimination based on your relationship with someone who has a disability....against you because of your known relationship or association with a person with...Creates a hostile work environment based on comments about your family member's...
Sexuality Education for People with Disabilities: Why It Matters and Where to Find It
Social Engagement > Dating and Relationships

Sexuality Education for People with Disabilities: Why It Matters and Where to Find It

By Isabella Lewis
...questions about bodies, relationships, and intimacy that...boundaries, and navigate relationships safely. Yet many...completing the Relationships Decoded curriculum,...understanding of healthy relationships by 22%. That matters...versus unhealthy relationship dynamics reduces...shame, and building relationships that are based on...relationships that are based on mutual respect...
Connecting Music Therapy and Autism
Therapies > Music

Connecting Music Therapy and Autism

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...since the 1940s. Music therapy is the systematic use of music and music-based interventions (such as singing, instrument playing, or movement to music)...singing, instrument playing, or movement to music) within a therapeutic relationship to accomplish individualized goals. Music therapy goals are non-musical...
Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove on Hallmark Channel
Lifestyle > Recreation

Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove on Hallmark Channel

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
Hallmark Channel's first series looks like a winner. Based on the novels by Debbie Macomber, Cedar Cove...older man, but she is reluctant to take their relationship further and she reunites with a high school friend....the townsfolk, the decisions by the judge, the relationships, and the story and characters from bestselling...
Music Therapy for Children with ADHD
Therapies > Music

Music Therapy for Children with ADHD

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...Music Therapy Association, "Music Therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a...interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy...
Online Gaming Communities as Social Connection for Autism
Lifestyle > Relationships

Online Gaming Communities as Social Connection for Autism

By Alice Whitman
...together, and celebrating wins. The game itself creates the rhythm and focus. Voice chat is optional in most platforms. Some autistic players prefer text-based communication. They can take time to compose responses without the pressure of real-time facial reactions or tone interpretation. Others use voice chat...
Teaching Theory of Mind to Children with Autism
Lifestyle > Relationships

Teaching Theory of Mind to Children with Autism

By Alice Whitman
...realization emerges between ages three and five through thousands of small social experiences. They start to predict what others know, feel, or believe based on context. Autistic children often develop this understanding later, or in a way that needs more scaffolding. Research consistently shows differences...

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