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Hip Surveillance for Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Parent's Guide to the Monitoring Schedule
...monitoring schedule for their hips that you...monitoring protocol exists for a reason: children...exists for a reason: children with CP are at higher...are at higher risk for hip displacement as...narrowing the window for less invasive options...options like physical therapy adjustments, bracing,...release surgery. Why Children with CP Are at Higher...
Research > Genetics
CRISPR Gene Therapy for Rare Pediatric Disorders: What Families Need to Know
...personalized CRISPR therapy to an infant with...designed specifically for that child's genetic...clinical trial. For families navigating...answer is that most children with rare disorders...won't qualify for personalized CRISPR...personalized CRISPR therapy in the next few...expertise at major children's hospitals, will...makes it powerful for rare disorders....CRISPR doesn't work for every rare disorder....
Research > Brain Science
Neuroplasticity Across Disabilities: The Science of Brain Change in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and Stroke
How neuroplasticity works across CP, Down syndrome, and stroke—what repetition, intensity, and timing mean for your child's therapy.
Research > Brain Science
Brain Connectivity and Cerebral Palsy: Why More Isn't Always Better
For years, you've...better. More therapy, more repetition,...assumption over. Children with cerebral...implications for how families think...families think about therapy, progress, and...connectivity in children with spastic CP,...motor function. Children with more widespread...assessments. Children with more focused,..."Compensatory" Means for Your Child's Experience....
News > Research
When Studies Disagree: How to Make Sense of Conflicting Research as a Special Needs Parent
...that intensive therapy produces better...and standard therapy schedules. Now...gluten-free diets for autism, screen...time limits for ADHD, optimal...ADHD, optimal therapy intensity, medication...waiting decades for scientific consensus....study on speech therapy outcomes for...therapy outcomes for three-year-olds...study on speech therapy for seven-year-olds...speech therapy for seven-year-olds...
Global Insights > Healthcare
Medicaid for Working Families: Katie Beckett Waivers, Dual Coverage, and Options You Didn't Know Existed
You earn too much for Medicaid. Your employer...covering your child's therapy appointments, specialist...source of coverage for one in three children...for one in three children with special health...waiver allowing children who would qualify...who would qualify for Medicaid if they...option or Medicaid for the Medically Needy....they may qualify for Medicaid based on...
Therapies > Other
Deep Pressure Therapy and Weighted Blankets: What Parents of Children with Special Needs Should Know
...system is looking for proprioceptive input,...calm. Deep pressure therapy uses firm, consistent...mechanism that worked for her has been replicated...been replicated in children with autism, ADHD,...reduced anxiety in children with autism spectrum...procedures. The evidence for ADHD is less consistent,...suggest benefit for children who seek...suggest benefit for children who seek proprioceptive...
Therapies > Animal
Small Animal Therapy: How Guinea Pigs, Rabbits, and Cats Help Children with Special Needs
...videos of therapy horses. But...come out for an hour. The...not looking for a different...You're looking for something...if animal therapy can work without...therapeutically with children who are sensory-sensitive,...not ready for traditional...entry point for children who...point for children who need something...Small Animal Therapy Different....steady rhythm. For children who...rhythm. For children who struggle...
Therapies > Speech
Speech Therapy for Special Needs Children: A Complete Guide for Parents
...its own problem. Speech therapy can address articulation,...involves, and how to make therapy work requires understanding...patterns signal the need for professional assessment....assessment. By 18 months, most children use at least 10–20 words...pathologist privately. For school-based services,...submit a written request for evaluation to your child's...
Therapies > Play
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT): What It Is and How It Helps Special Needs Families
...Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. You Google it....as it happens. For families raising...families raising children with developmental...primary tool for behavior change....Parent-Child Interaction Therapy was developed...It's designed for children ages...designed for children ages 2–7 with...it to age 12 for children with...to age 12 for children with developmental...
Therapies > Play
What Is Play Therapy? A Parent's Guide for Special Needs Families
...suggests play therapy. Or your child's...agreed to. Play therapy sounds like...occupational therapy sessions. Is...name? Play therapy is a clinical...through which children express, process,...covers what play therapy is, how it...other forms of therapy, which conditions...therapist. What Play Therapy Is (and What...Isn't). Play therapy operates on...principle: children communicate...
Therapies > Physical
Physical Therapy for Children with Special Needs: A Complete Parent's Guide
...despite years of therapy. These are the...need physical therapy? And if they...start? Physical therapy for children...Physical therapy for children with...therapy for children with special...It's not just for kids who can't...walk. PT helps children climb stairs...What Physical Therapy Addresses in...Addresses in Children. Pediatric PT...PTs work with children on: Strength...