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Therapies > Play
What Is Play Therapy? A Parent's Guide for Special Needs Families
...referral card, and later wonder...legitimate treatment, or is it supervised...where licensed therapists use play as...express, process, and resolve emotional...difficulties. The therapist is trained...their play, and how those observations...looks like, and how to find...qualified play therapist. What Play...Therapy Is (and What It Isn't)....shifts. The therapist creates a structured...happen safely, and intervenes...
Therapies > Physical
Physical Therapy for Children with Special Needs: A Complete Parent's Guide
...walking yet, and the pediatrician..."let's watch and wait." Your...constantly and struggles...therapy? And if they...balance, and mobility...endurance, and move through...confidence and less pain....evaluations and treatment,...evaluations and treatment, which conditions...benefit most, and how to find...qualified therapist you can...balance, and coordination...Strength and endurance:...flexible and preventing...Balance and coordination:...stability, and helping...
Therapies > Music
Music Therapy for Special Needs Children: What Parents Should Know
...your child's therapist recommends music...board-certified music therapist (MT-BC) uses...rhythm, melody, and structured musical...goal-directed and measurable....child's IEP or treatment plan, not around...how it works, and how to evaluate...Therapy Is (And What It Isn't)....outcomes. A music therapist might use drumming...might use call-and-response singing...turn-taking and joint attention....
Therapies > Animal
Animal-Assisted Therapy for Special Needs Children: A Parent's Guide to All Your Options
...about horses and dogs. But...options, and they're not...pigs, birds, and even dolphins....child needs and what a program...should have, and which conditions...same thing, and the difference...credentialed therapist, which includes...occupational therapist, physical...physical therapist, speech-language...animal into treatment sessions....provide comfort and social interaction....individualized treatment plan. The...
Special Needs > Multiple Sclerosis
Living with Pediatric MS: A Complete Guide for Families
...neurologists, MRIs, disease-modifying therapies, and school meetings where...disease-modifying therapies, and school meetings where you'll...recognizing symptoms, understanding treatment options, advocating at school,...options, advocating at school, and supporting your child's emotional...around nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord. When myelin is...
Research > Genetics
Understanding Genetic Testing for Autism, Cerebral Palsy, and Developmental Disabilities: A Parent's Guide
...that could affect treatment decisions, connect...specific conditions. And for many, the results...you, what it costs, and when it's recommended....child's symptoms and developmental pattern....trials testing new therapies. It can guide medical...genetic conditions. And if a genetic variant...identified, siblings and future pregnancies...cause isn't clear, and 36-53% of unexplained...
Research > Funding
Where Research Dollars Go: Understanding Funding Gaps Across Disability Conditions
You search for new treatments, better therapies,...treatments, better therapies, or hopeful clinical...autism or diabetes and the volume is staggering....research dollars go, and understanding that...across 27 institutes and centers. Each institute...budget, priorities, and decision-making process....grant applications, and grant applications...motor development, and pediatric outcomes....
News > Research
How to Read Research About Special Needs: A Guide for Parents Who Aren't Scientists
...through a parent group and someone posts a study:...with hope, questions, and plans to start immediately....decisions about your child's therapies, medications, and interventions...therapies, medications, and interventions based on...matters when you're choosing therapies, advocating with schools,...Who did this research and who paid for it? Studies...
Medical > Pediatrics
When Your Pediatrician Isn't Enough: Building a Medical Home for Complex Needs
...neurologist, and a developmental...medications, and sends notes...coordination problem, and for families...specialists, therapies, equipment,...equipment, and family support....to find one, and why it makes...comprehensive, and culturally effective....medications, and answers questions...new breathing treatment and you're not...breathing treatment and you're not sure...both plans and can guide you....
Health > Alternative Medicine
Alternative Medicine for Special Needs: A Parent's Guide to Evidence, Safety, and Decision-Making
...conventional treatments aren't solving...complementary and alternative medicine...many areas, and filled with both...evidence-based options and unproven claims....real risks, and how to make decisions...complementary therapies, but the data...often research and implement alternatives...interaction risks and eliminates an...check. Which Therapies Have the Best...Music therapy and art therapy have...
Health > Alternative Medicine
Music Therapy and Art Therapy: When Creative Interventions Become Medical Treatment
...creative therapies as part...comprehensive treatment plan....therapy and art therapy...documented treatment goals,...tracking, and credentialed...coverage, and what...Music Therapist (MT-BC)...Music Therapists (CBMT)....training, and passage...MT-BC therapists design...individualized treatment plans,...goals, and track...Art Therapist Registered...contact, and 100 hours...MT-BC therapists, ATRs...assessment, treatment planning,...planning, and documentation....training and accountability....talented and kind,...
Health > Treatment
What to Do If Your Child Is on a Medicaid Waiver Waiting List
...people are on Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services...pressure to slow enrollment, and history shows what happens...(2010–2012), every state and Washington, D.C. cut HCBS...tells you what to expect and what you need to do now...management, home modifications, and specialized therapies....modifications, and specialized therapies. Unlike nursing home care,...