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Special Needs > Cancer
Leveraging Adaptive Strategies for Cancer Survivors
Cancer survivors face unique...emotional, and social changes they may...adaptive strategies for cancer survivors...strategies for cancer survivors is to...health by seeking support from loved ones,...ones, joining a support group, or working...also important for survivors to be...survivors to be patient with themselves...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Taming the Stigma of Autism
...than with childhood cancer, diabetes, and pediatric...positive outcomes for many children some...and immediate need for some help. Families...integrate into their social group, further perpetuating...Granted there are support groups for parents...are support groups for parents and siblings...sense of community, support and hope for families...support and hope for families across...
Lifestyle > Art
Social Skills Groups That Use Art Therapy
...canvas. One reaches for the blue. The...the conditions for peer interaction...happen naturally. Social skills like turn-taking,...Is. Art therapy for autism uses creative...build specific social competencies....a child needs support navigating a peer...opportunities for peer engagement...conversation-based social skills group....How It Builds Social Skills....
Financial > Financial Planning
Special Needs Planning for Sudden Wealth: Settlements, Inheritances, and Windfalls
...account. The asset limit for SSI is $2,000 for an individual....limit for SSI is $2,000 for an individual. Medicaid...lump sum arrives, the Social Security Administration...personal injury settlement for $100,000 sitting in a savings...programs that fund daily support. Spending the money down...to preserve the funds for future needs without sacrificing...
Legal > Government Benefits
Understanding Representative Payees: Who Manages Your Child's Disability Benefits
...Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability...representative payee. The Social Security Administration...independently. For children under...is automatic. For adults, SSA makes...change, matters for both immediate...legally responsible for using it correctly,...benefits only for the beneficiary's...use benefits for education expenses,...activities that support your child's...use benefits for expenses...
Career > Interviewing
Mock Interviews and Interview Coaching for Neurodivergent Job Seekers
...and "be yourself." For neurodivergent job...navigating unspoken social rules, managing sensory...function under pressure, social reciprocity in small...a response library for common behavioral questions...Sensory preparation for interview environments...low-cost employment support, including interview...interview coaching, for people with disabilities....
Career > Finding Jobs
Ticket to Work Program: Using SSA Benefits to Find Employment
...counseling, and placement support from approved service...without dismantling the supports that keep you stable....stable. Who Qualifies for Ticket to Work. Anyone...through 64 who receives Social Security Disability Insurance...benefits. The Ticket exists for people who want to explore...explore employment but need support and protection to try...
Social Engagement > Inclusion
How to Write Effective IEP Goals for Inclusive Education
You're preparing for your child's IEP...Effective IEP goals for inclusive education...inclusive education support your child's participation...write goals that support inclusion. The Three...IEP goals that support inclusive education...without considering social participation or...with appropriate supports. The goal isn't...presentation. Social interaction addresses...
Social Engagement > Dating and Relationships
A Parent's Guide to Supporting Your Teen with Special Needs in Their First Relationships
...changes is the support structure they...building frameworks for things other parents...other parents take for granted. First...internet had a forum for whatever else came...creating space for social connection...creating space for social connection while...to internalize for kids with developmental...been building for years. Start using...anatomical terms for body parts when...
Parenting > Adulthood
How Job Coaches Help Young Adults with Disabilities Succeed in the Workplace
...coworkers, or manage the unspoken social rules of a workplace. That's...site. They don't do the work for them. They teach how to do...The coach gradually reduces support as your young adult becomes...always the same: intensive support at the start, fading support...support at the start, fading support as skills build, eventual independence....
Education > K-12
When Your Child Refuses to Go to School: Understanding Anxiety-Based School Refusal
...name: school refusal. And for students with special...immediately identify the threat. For students with disabilities,...signaling that navigating social interactions without support...social interactions without support has become untenable....being inside a blender." Social anxiety compounds when...students struggle to read social cues or...
Education > Higher Education
College Programs for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: What CTPs Offer
For years, the assumption was...end of formal education for most students with intellectual...these programs as eligible for Pell Grants and work-study...post-secondary options for a student with IDD, CTPs...career readiness, and social integration through a college...work environments, with support from job coaches or program...