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How to Pay for Music Therapy: Insurance, Medicaid Waivers, and Grant Programs
Therapies > Music

How to Pay for Music Therapy: Insurance, Medicaid Waivers, and Grant Programs

By Jack Foster
...what music therapy can do for...cover music therapy. This isn't...how music therapy is classified....treatment. Music therapy is typically...for music therapy to address...to music therapy. Occupational...Occupational therapy, speech therapy,...therapy, speech therapy, and physical...physical therapy face similar...Cover Music Therapy in Many States....waiver, music therapy is often...function. Music therapy fits that...
Alternative Medicine for Special Needs: A Parent's Guide to Evidence, Safety, and Decision-Making
Health > Alternative Medicine

Alternative Medicine for Special Needs: A Parent's Guide to Evidence, Safety, and Decision-Making

By Kelsey James
...acupuncture, or music therapy. Others research...complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)...whether to consider alternatives. It's knowing...Parents turn to alternative medicine frequently....multivitamin. Massage therapy has 39% parental...and implement alternatives without professional...Evidence. Music therapy and art therapy...therapy and art therapy have the strongest...
Speech and Language Pathology
Therapies > Speech

Speech and Language Pathology

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...voicing, swallowing and feeding, alternatives to verbal communication, and auditory...will be sup- porting the goals of therapy, facilitated by their therapist....technique and the personality of the therapy itself varies. Consulting with one...therapist will support the type of therapy an individual will receive. Speech/...
Neuroplasticity Across Disabilities: The Science of Brain Change in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and Stroke
Research > Brain Science

Neuroplasticity Across Disabilities: The Science of Brain Change in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and Stroke

By Emily Thompson
...reorganize itself by forming new neural connections. When one pathway is damaged or underdeveloped, the brain can recruit neighboring regions or build alternative routes to accomplish the same function through three mechanisms: Synaptic strengthening. Repeated activation of a pathway makes the connection stronger....
Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Special Needs Children: What the Research Says
Therapies > Other

Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Special Needs Children: What the Research Says

By Benjamin Schultz
...craniosacral therapy. A friend...hippotherapy and art therapy and wonder...behind it. Alternative and complementary...complementary therapy categories...whether a therapy works, the...compare a therapy group to a...isolates the therapy's effect from...indicator that a therapy produces measurable...whether a therapy shows promise...while using a therapy may be improving...because of the therapy, natural maturation,...
What Speech-Language Pathologists Actually Do: A Guide for Special Needs Families
Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments

What Speech-Language Pathologists Actually Do: A Guide for Special Needs Families

By Ethan Parker
...help for your child. Most families assume speech therapy means fixing how a child says words. That's part...swallowing, voice disorders, stuttering, and alternative communication systems for children who don't use...what most people think of when they hear "speech therapy." Articulation disorders (difficulty producing...
Dietary Therapy for Epilepsy: A Parent's Guide to Ketogenic and Modified Atkins Diets
Special Needs > Epilepsy

Dietary Therapy for Epilepsy: A Parent's Guide to Ketogenic and Modified Atkins Diets

By Emily Thompson
...Now you're hearing about dietary therapy from other parents online, and you...evidence shows. The ketogenic diet isn't alternative medicine. It's an evidence-based neurological...For many of these families, dietary therapy becomes the next conversation with...commit to these protocols. How Dietary Therapy Works for Seizures. The ketogenic...
The AAC Speech Delay Myth: What Parents Need to Know Before Starting Communication Devices
News > Technology

The AAC Speech Delay Myth: What Parents Need to Know Before Starting Communication Devices

By Andrew Donovan
...most common fear that prevents parents from starting augmentative and alternative communication early. And it makes perfect intuitive sense. The problem...equal or greater speech gains compared to children who received speech therapy without AAC support Early AAC users developed larger vocabularies than...
Caregiver Burnout in Special Needs Parenting: Recognition, Prevention, and Recovery
Health > Mental Health

Caregiver Burnout in Special Needs Parenting: Recognition, Prevention, and Recovery

By Lily Matthews
...IEP meeting where you're the only one who's read the entire report. The therapy appointment you drive 40 minutes to because it's the only provider within...in there, someone asks how you're doing, and you say "fine" because the alternative is a 20-minute explanation and you don't have 20 minutes. This is what...
Music Therapy and Art Therapy: When Creative Interventions Become Medical Treatment
Health > Alternative Medicine

Music Therapy and Art Therapy: When Creative Interventions Become Medical Treatment

By Kelsey James
...heard that music therapy "works" for autism....mentioned art therapy helped her daughter...clinical music therapy session from...semantic. Music therapy and art therapy...therapy and art therapy are regulated...session. What Makes Therapy Clinical. A Board...degree in music therapy from an accredited...from the Art Therapy Credentials Board....degree in art therapy from an approved...
App of the Day: Every App Has A Story: Predictable
Assistive Tech > Apps

App of the Day: Every App Has A Story: Predictable

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...Story, the stories behind Wynsum Arts' distinguished apps. Therapy Box – Predictable Several years ago, Rebecca Bright was looking for an...Several years ago, Rebecca Bright was looking for an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device to help her grandmother, who had motor neurone...
Special Needs App of the Day: Scene & Heard
Assistive Tech > Apps

Special Needs App of the Day: Scene & Heard

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...Wynsum Arts' distinguished apps. London-based Therapy Box is a speech and communications services company...offers several apps, including augmentative and alternative communication apps and speech therapy apps. The...and alternative communication apps and speech therapy apps. The company originated when speech and language...

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