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Special Needs > Cerebral Palsy
Navigating Spasticity Treatments in Cerebral Palsy: Botox, SDR, and Orthotics Explained
...Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) is spinal surgery that permanently reduces nerve...muscles, preventing contractures and supporting function while other treatments address...address the underlying tone. Most children with moderate to severe spasticity...the underlying tone. Most children with moderate to severe spasticity use...
Special Needs > Multiple Sclerosis
Living with Pediatric MS: A Complete Guide for Families
...child is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis,...advocating at school, and supporting your child's emotional...fibers in the brain and spinal cord. When myelin...signals slow or stop. In children, MS typically follows...The presentation in children can differ from adults....Symptoms. MS symptoms in children vary widely depending...blurred vision, pain with eye...
Therapies > Music
Music Therapy for Special Needs Children: What Parents Should Know
...picture piano lessons with a patient teacher. You're...skills, reducing anxiety, or supporting emotional regulation. Sessions...practitioner is qualified to work with your child. What Music...drumming to help a child with cerebral palsy develop...help a nonverbal child with autism practice turn-taking...songwriting to help a teenager with ADHD process emotional...
Special Needs > Cancer
Supporting Siblings When a Child Has Cancer: A Family Guide
When a child is diagnosed with cancer, siblings don't...experience a different one, with less information, less...than those of the child with cancer if intervention...someone's nauseous. Small children don't have the cognitive...diagnosis to the child with cancer in age-appropriate...they're told gets filled with catastrophic imagination....
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Supporting Your Other Children: A Family Guide When One Child Has Special Needs
...die. This is the documented reality of growing up as the sibling of a child with significant care needs, and it signals something specific: your other children...with significant care needs, and it signals something specific: your other children need formal support structures designed for siblings, not just better family...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Puberty and Autism: Supporting Your Child Through Physical and Emotional Changes
...elementary school with routines you built...child. For autistic children, it brings specific...arrive before many children have the cognitive...sensitivities, difficulty with abstract social cues,...Different for Autistic Children. Autistic children...children. Autistic children often rely on masking...designed for neurotypical children. During puberty, those...
Social Engagement > Friends and Family
Supporting Siblings of Children with Special Needs: A Parent's Guide
...teenager cancels plans to help with therapy appointments, and you...are signals that your other children are navigating something you...reality of raising a child with special needs. You can shape...You can shape how your other children experience it. What Siblings...them. Did I cause it? Young children operate on magical thinking....
Health > Mental Health
The Invisible Child: Supporting Siblings of Kids with Special Needs
...sibling mental health shows these children face elevated rates of depression,...mental health risks for siblings of children with disabilities. They experience...health risks for siblings of children with disabilities. They experience depression...and anxiety at rates comparable to children in other high-stress family situations....
Social Engagement > Friends and Family
Supporting Siblings: A Parent's Guide to Helping All Your Children Thrive
The siblings of children with special needs are...siblings of children with special needs are often...are also, frequently, children who have learned that...into adult siblings of children with disabilities finds...siblings of children with disabilities finds that...Siblings Are Thinking. Young children, particularly those ages...
Parenting > Early Intervention
Strategies for Supporting Children with Special Needs
...Needs. Every child with special needs is unique....articles, and connecting with other parents. The...your home a safe and supportive place for your child....interact positively with your child. Foster...dynamic. Collaborating with Early Interventionists....education. Work closely with your child's early...Regularly communicate with the team to monitor...
Education > Other
Supporting Children with Special Needs through Early Intervention
...giving support to children with special needs...support to children with special needs...services to help children from birth to...and toddlers with developmental...identify and meet children's needs in five...Therapists work with the child and...It can improve children's language and...skills. It can help with cognitive development...the Individuals with Disabilities Education...
Global Insights > Healthcare
Supporting Children with Special Needs through Early Intervention
...means getting help for a child with special needs as early as possible....disabilities in babies and young children. Then, providing services to...make a big difference for children with disabilities or delays....big difference for children with disabilities or delays. Getting...better outcomes later in life. Children who receive early intervention...