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Special Needs > Respiratory Health
Respiratory Health for Children with Disabilities: A Complete Family Guide
...disability and a respiratory condition, you're not managing two separate issues. You're managing how they interact. A child with cerebral palsy and asthma...infections, allergens, exercise, cold air, and strong emotions. For children with sensory processing differences, stress and anxiety can be significant triggers...
Parenting > The Early Years
How to Support Your Typical Child When Their Sibling Has Special Needs
...He knows when to stay quiet during her sessions, which foods trigger her sensory issues, and how to hand you the weighted blanket before you ask. He's learned...when to stay quiet during her sessions, which foods trigger her sensory issues, and how to hand you the weighted blanket before you ask. He's learned to...
Social Engagement > Friends and Family
Fostering Inclusive Experiences for Children with Special Needs
...individuals with special needs to participate. These may include accessibility issues, communication difficulties, or sensory sensitivities. However, with the...These may include accessibility issues, communication difficulties, or sensory sensitivities. However, with the right support and accommodations, these...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Holistic Approaches to Managing Autism Spectrum Disorder
...sensitivities or digestive issues. A balanced diet can help...healthcare professional. Sensory Integration Therapy. Many...with autism experience sensory sensitivities. They might...textures overwhelming. Sensory Integration Therapy helps...individuals cope with sensory information more effectively....brain adapt and process sensory information more effectively....
News > Research
Robin Borakove, "Angels Among Us”
...Schizophrenia, ADHD and a phethora of ongoing issues, she was administered multiple medications, none...Through years of sleepless nights, misdiagnoses and sensory overload issues, she was often misunderstood, and...sleepless nights, misdiagnoses and sensory overload issues, she was often misunderstood, and among many unhappy...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day: i See-quence Going to Fireworks
...watching fireworks, which for many children with sensory difficulties is a challenge. Loud noises are...triggers for over-stimulation, so taking a child with sensory issues to a fireworks show is often a stressful...over-stimulation, so taking a child with sensory issues to a fireworks show is often a stressful event...
Therapies > Music
Music Therapy for Children with ADHD
...latter is especially helpful for those children with ADHD who also have sensory issues). Singing and creating music is an excellent chance for self-expression,...is especially helpful for those children with ADHD who also have sensory issues). Singing and creating music is an excellent chance for self-expression,...
Health > Alternative Medicine
Chiropractic Treatment and Special Needs
...learning difficulties will generally present with an imbalance of hemispheric function called a “functional disconnection syndrome.” Usually, diminished sensory input to one side of the brain begins as retained primitive (neonatal, survival or postural) reflexes. This results in some areas of the brain developing...
Therapies > Occupational
Occupational Therapy
...enable them to live more independently.OTs also work with children who have sensory integration and regulation dysfunction. These clients have difficulty tolerating...over- or under-active response in the autonomic nervous system. During Sensory Integration treatment, clients are desensitized to inputs that they are...
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Holiday Meals and Families with Special Needs
Parents can prep special needs kids for holiday meals with strategies for sensory issues, seat adjustments, and managing feeding routines.
Assistive Tech > Apps
Interactive Metronome Hits the Right Beat
...with a rare childhood inflammatory disease called Kawasaki syndrome. After six months he improved, but he had sensitivities they later learned were sensory integration problems. When Adam was five, he became a one in two million kid and got Kawasaki syndrome a second time, this time ending up with a coronary...
Health > Treatment
BPA Contributes to Learning Difficulties
...learning difficulties, behavioral problems, impaired immune responses, and sensory issues. Children are more vulnerable to environmental toxins as they absorb...difficulties, behavioral problems, impaired immune responses, and sensory issues. Children are more vulnerable to environmental toxins as they absorb proportionately...