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Lifestyle > Art
VSA Arts Certification: What It Means for Inclusive Art Programs
...focused on accessibility, instructional adaptation, and inclusive curriculum design....areas: understanding disability from a social and educational perspective, adapting...from correction to observation and adaptation. Instructional adaptation...observation and adaptation. Instructional adaptation...
Social Engagement > Dating and Relationships
Unlocking the Potential: A Roadmap to Building Healthy Relationships for Individuals with Special Needs
...loved, and interact engagingly in social contexts. It's time we shift the narrative...isolation to inclusion. The Adventure of Social Engagement Social engagement constitutes...The Adventure of Social Engagement Social engagement constitutes an adventurous...intricate process of learning and adaptation that holds distinct lessons for every...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Improving Social Interactions For Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorders
...challenges with social interaction....reading social cues such...commit "social errors,"...bullying and social isolation....to their social world. One...practices in social skills training...emphasizing social skills development....are taught social skills daily....goes over social cues, norms...reinforce every social success....adapt to social situations....Through social skills instruction...Glen my social skills weren't...
Financial > Government Benefits
How Trial Work Period Lets You Test Employment Without Losing SSDI
...and it's built on a real misunderstanding of how Social Security treats a return to work. Social Security...of how Social Security treats a return to work. Social Security wrote a rule for exactly this moment....Those nine months don't have to run back to back. Social Security counts them inside a rolling 60-month...
Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome
Executive Function Challenges in Asperger Syndrome
...happen. In Asperger syndrome, the gap between knowing what needs to happen and initiating it is frequently the loudest daily struggle, louder than the social differences that get most of the attention. Why It Shows Up Differently Here. Asperger syndrome often comes with intense, narrow focus and a strong...
Social Engagement > Friends and Family
The Complete Guide to Family Relationships for Families Raising Children with Special Needs
How to divide finite attention across siblings, grandparents, and your own friendships without losing any of them.
Education > Early Intervention
IFSP Explained: The 8 Required Components of Your Child's Individualized Family Service Plan
...1. Present levels of development. A written statement of where your child currently stands across five areas: physical, cognitive, communication, social-emotional, and adaptive development. This comes from the evaluation, not from a checklist someone filled out in the hallway. If a section reads generically,...
Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome
Sensory Processing Differences in Asperger Syndrome: What to Request at School and Work
...up. Sensory processing differences show up in most people with Asperger syndrome, though they rarely make it into the diagnostic conversation the way social communication does. That gap matters, because a child who melts down after gym class or an adult who can't concentrate under open-office lighting isn't...
Financial > Government Benefits
When SSI and SSDI Benefits Can Run at the Same Time
...same time, not one or the other. If you've spent an afternoon on hold with Social Security trying to get a straight answer about which program applies to...confusion makes sense. SSDI is insurance you earned through years of paying into Social Security. SSI is a needs-based program with strict asset limits, $2,000...
Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome
Masking Behavior in Girls with Asperger Syndrome
...techniques, usually built without anyone teaching them, to look like an easier social fit than the wiring underneath allows. In practice, it shows up as rehearsing...skews toward how boys with autism tend to present: visible stimming, blunt social missteps, meltdowns in the room instead of after it. A girl running a constant...
Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome
Social Skills Groups for Adults with Asperger Syndrome
...common among adults with Asperger syndrome, and a social skills group is one of the few structured ways...good one from a waste of a Tuesday evening. What a Social Skills Group Does. A social skills group is not...Tuesday evening. What a social Skills Group Does. A social skills group is not group therapy for a personality...
Parenting > Adulthood
Social Security Disability Benefits for Young Adults: SSI and SSDI Explained
Somewhere around your child's seventeenth birthday, a letter from the Social Security Administration will probably land in your mailbox. It announces the age-18 redetermination: a full review of your child's SSI case under adult...