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Special Needs > Learning Differences
IEP or 504: Which Plan Does Your Child with a Learning Difference Need?
...matter. What an IEP provides is more than most families expect. It includes individualized academic goals, specialized instruction, related services like speech therapy or occupational therapy, and built-in progress monitoring. The school is legally required to offer a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE),...
Research > Assistive Tech
Choosing AAC Devices Based on Research: What the Evidence Says About Effectiveness
Your child's speech therapist says it's time to try AAC. You start...of options: tablets loaded with apps, dedicated speech-generating devices, eye-gaze systems, picture boards,...outcomes consistently find that high-tech devices (speech-generating devices, tablets with AAC apps, eye-gaze...
Research > Assistive Tech
Brain-Computer Interfaces for Children Who Can't Speak: Research, Reality, and How to Access Trials
...approved the first wearable BCI for stroke rehabilitation in April 2021. Research into communication applications for children with severe motor and speech disabilities is active and growing. But most of what you'll read about is still in labs, most studies recruit adults, and the gap between "approved...
News > Research
When Studies Disagree: How to Make Sense of Conflicting Research as a Special Needs Parent
...studied different things, in different ways, with different people. A study on speech therapy outcomes for three-year-olds with autism who are minimally verbal...autism who are minimally verbal isn't measuring the same thing as a study on speech therapy for seven-year-olds with moderate language delays. The intervention...
Special Needs > Visual Impairments
Braille and Technology: Why Your Child with Visual Impairment Needs Both
...outcomes in employment, independence, and literacy than those who rely on audio alone. What Screen Readers Do Well. Screen readers convert digital text to speech. They're fast, they work with nearly every platform, and they give children with visual impairments access to the same content as their sighted peers....
Education > Other
Charter Schools and Special Education: What Parents Need to Know
...disabilities Implement existing IEPs when a student transfers in Conduct evaluations and develop new IEPs as needed Provide related services (OT, PT, speech therapy, etc.) outlined...
Therapies > Speech
What to Expect at Your Child's First Speech Therapy Appointment
...You've been told your child needs a speech therapy evaluation, and now you're...bring? Most parents walk into a first speech therapy appointment with no framework...Before You Go: What to Bring. The speech-language pathologist (SLP) will need...and 'da' for 'dog'" rather than "Her speech is unclear." Insurance card and referral:...
Therapies > Speech
How to Support Your Child's Speech Therapy Progress at Home
Your child's speech therapist gives you strategies to practice at home....for an adult. This article shows you how to embed speech goals into routines you're already doing, how to...The Core Principle: Practice Happens in Context. Speech therapy at home isn't about replicating the clinic....
Therapies > Speech
Speech Therapy for Special Needs Children: A Complete Guide for Parents
...point, waiting becomes its own problem. Speech therapy can address articulation, language...therapy work requires understanding what speech-language pathologists do and how the...the system operates. When to Seek a Speech-Language Evaluation. Developmental...don't need a referral to contact a speech-language pathologist privately. For...
Therapies > Animal
Animal-Assisted Therapy for Special Needs Children: A Parent's Guide to All Your Options
...Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) is a clinical intervention delivered by a credentialed therapist, which includes occupational therapist, physical therapist, speech-language pathologist, psychologist, or counselor, who incorporates a trained animal into treatment sessions. The animal is part of the therapeutic...
Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
What Speech-Language Pathologists Actually Do: A Guide for Special Needs Families
...referral for a speech-language pathologist....families assume speech therapy means...part of it. But speech-language pathologists...who don't use speech at all. Understanding...actual needs. What Speech-Language Pathologists...scope includes: Speech sound production....when they hear "speech therapy." Articulation...childhood apraxia of speech (motor planning...that affects speech sequencing) all...
Special Needs > Hearing Impairments
Classroom Accommodations That Work for Students with Hearing Impairments
...about being close to the teacher. It's about clear sightlines to the teacher's face, the board, and other students during discussions. For students who speech-read or use an interpreter, that usually means the front row, slightly off-center, facing the main instructional area. For students with hearing aids...