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Legal > Government Benefits
Understanding Representative Payees: Who Manages Your Child's Disability Benefits
...independently. For children under...independently. For children under 18, this...is automatic. For adults, SSA makes...change, matters for both immediate...legally responsible for using it correctly,...benefits only for the beneficiary's...can use benefits for education expenses,...education expenses, therapy not covered by...is use benefits for expenses...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Trexo Robotic Gait Trainer: What Families Should Know About the Technology
...child push through physical therapy sessions and the progress is...robotic gait trainer designed for home and clinical use. It supports...and clinical use. It supports children as young as 18 months and up...child's legs, a harness system for partial weight support, and...approval. Primary users include children with cerebral palsy, spina...
News > Research
The FDA Just Gave a Rare Pediatric Gene Therapy Its Fastest Regulatory Track. Here's What Families of Children with NGLY1 Deficiency Need to Know.
...Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation...investigational gene therapy developed by Grace...Grace Science for NGLY1 Deficiency....patients treated for at least 52 weeks....least 52 weeks. For families of children...For families of children with this ultra-rare...suggests around 12 children are born with...life-threatening diseases. For families, this...GS-100 may qualify for accelerated approval...
Therapies > Animal
Service Dog, Therapy Dog, or Emotional Support Animal: Which Is Right for Your Child?
...support options for your child, and...overlapping: service dog, therapy dog, emotional support...Families pay thousands for "ESA certifications"...dog lists when a therapy dog program would...perform specific tasks for a person with a...disability. Common tasks for children with disabilities:...Common tasks for children with disabilities:...Deep pressure therapy during meltdowns...
Education > Early Intervention
Parent Coaching in Early Intervention: How You Become Your Child's Best Teacher
...Parent Coaching Is (and Why It Replaces Direct Therapy). Parent coaching is a service delivery model in...routines produce better developmental outcomes than children who receive therapist-led sessions once or twice...frequency. A speech therapist who visits your home for 45 minutes each...
Therapies > Music
Music Therapy at Home: Best Instruments and Activities for Children with Special Needs
...legitimate part of what your child's therapy is trying to build. You don't...goals. What Music Therapists Look for in Home Instruments. When a...therapist recommends an instrument for home practice, they're thinking...alignment. A drum isn't just a drum. For a child working on bilateral...requires two hands to create sound. For a child who needs proprioceptive...
Therapies > Music
How to Pay for Music Therapy: Insurance, Medicaid Waivers, and Grant Programs
...music therapy can do...can do for your child....music therapy. This...music therapy is classified....Music therapy is typically...order for music...music therapy to address...music therapy. Occupational...Occupational therapy, speech...speech therapy, and physical...physical therapy face similar...Music Therapy in Many...qualifies for a Medicaid...music therapy is often...that help children with disabilities...Music therapy fits that...
Special Needs > Cerebral Palsy
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...