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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
...affects 5 to 16 percent of school-aged children. It's not...16 percent of school-aged children. It's not in...percent of school-aged children. It's not in the DSM-5,...insurance coverage and school accommodations harder...imaging studies show that children with SPD have measurable,...to map the brains of children with SPD. They found abnormalities...
ADHD Apps That Help Kids Focus: What Works and What Doesn't
Assistive Tech > Apps

ADHD Apps That Help Kids Focus: What Works and What Doesn't

By Emily Roberts
...transfer to better attention in school and daily life. Most studies...life. Most studies find that children get better at the specific...authorization for treating ADHD in children aged 8 to 12. It uses a multitasking...treating ADHD in children aged 8 to 12. It uses a multitasking...supports most consumer ADHD apps. Children in trials showed measurable...
Book Review: I Am A Child Just Like You
Lifestyle > Independence

Book Review: I Am A Child Just Like You

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...beautiful book that seeks to teach children acceptance and understanding for those...words of wisdom could be used to help school-aged children as well as their parents,...wisdom could be used to help school-aged children as well as their parents,...could be used to help school-aged children as well as their parents, understand...
What is ADD and ADHD?
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders

What is ADD and ADHD?

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...condition that affects children and adults and is characterized...between 5 to 8 percent of school-aged children and about...to 8 percent of school-aged children and about 2 to...percent of school-aged children and about 2 to 4 percent...combined. For example, some children exhibit much more of the...before the age of 7 in children,...
Special Education Advocates
Education > Accommodations

Special Education Advocates

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...intercede with their child's school to access educational...effectively explain at school IEP meetings how a child's...dispute resolution meetings. School-aged children that meet...resolution meetings. School-aged children that meet the...meetings. School-aged children that meet the criteria...where the parent and the school district disagree about...
Preparing Your Child for a Hospital Stay
Parenting > The Early Years

Preparing Your Child for a Hospital Stay

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...more preparation than their children do. The hospital staff should...ready to rescue and comfort children instead. 3-4: Preschoolers...ease any pain. 5-11: Tell school-aged children about the visit...pain. 5-11: Tell school-aged children about the visit a...5-11: Tell school-aged children about the visit a week or two...
Special Ed Schools in California
Education > K-12

Special Ed Schools in California

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...Ed School in California...needs children will...ed schools available....These schools range...non-public schools, which...are schools that...education schools offer...education schools in California....Westview School in Los...Westview School was...middle school and...high school individuals...private school that...helps children with...small school size...The school also...students aged 5 to...non-public school accommodates...ed schools, a student...this school through...their school district's...
FDA Approves Afrezza Inhaled Insulin for Children with Diabetes
News > Technology

FDA Approves Afrezza Inhaled Insulin for Children with Diabetes

By Andrew Donovan
...May 29, 2026 for children and adolescents aged...children and adolescents aged 6 and older with type...More than 350,000 children and adolescents in...once or twice daily. Children using Afrezza still...inhaler: the ones at school, at friends' houses,...approval extends it to children 6 and older. What...26-week study of 230 children and adolescents with...
Bullying Leading Cause of Depression
Health > Mental Health

Bullying Leading Cause of Depression

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...completed about the impact of bullying on children with special needs. In a study...M.D., researchers followed subjects aged 8 to 17 years with a variety of diagnoses,...depression and anxiety. While many children face a great deal of struggles with...susceptible to bullying, and they urge schools to put into place clear policies against...
Making the IFSP to IEP Transition at Age 3: A Parent's Roadmap
Parenting > Early Intervention

Making the IFSP to IEP Transition at Age 3: A Parent's Roadmap

By Liam Richardson
...IDEA and transition to Part B: school-based special education. Parents...They'll contact your local school district and schedule a transition...months where your child has aged out of Part C but hasn't started...and a representative from the school district. The goal is to review...determine what happens next. The school...
From School to Work: How Students with Disabilities Can Build Career Skills Before Graduation
Career > Skills Training

From School to Work: How Students with Disabilities Can Build Career Skills Before Graduation

By Dr. Mia Wilson
...Pre-Employment Transition Services, known as Pre-ETS, are funded through state vocational rehabilitation agencies and available to students with disabilities aged 16 through 21 who have an IEP or 504 plan. The student doesn't need to have applied for VR. They don't need to have been determined eligible. They just...
Special Needs App of the Day – Categories Learning Center
Assistive Tech > Apps

Special Needs App of the Day – Categories Learning Center

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...another speech-language pathologist who understood what is needed in a good school-aged app was essential," Huston says. "I wanted to use pictures or symbols...speech-language pathologist who understood what is needed in a good school-aged app was essential," Huston says. "I wanted to use pictures or symbols that...

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