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The Future of Diagnosis with DSM-5
Health > Diagnosis

The Future of Diagnosis with DSM-5

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...Mental Disorders is...Autism and other...Neurodevelopmental Disorders (intellectual,...learning, and motor...motor disorders, and...disorders, and ADHD)...Anxiety Disorders Depressive...Depressive Disorders Obsessive-Compulsive...Obsessive-Compulsive and related...and related disorders...related disorders Personality...Personality Disorders Trauma...Trauma and...Trauma and Stressor-related...and Stressor-related...Stressor-related Disorders...Stressor-related Disorders (including...RAD and PTSD)...Dysfunction and Gender...Symptom Disorders...well, and it...Asperger's and PDD-NOS...Developmental Disorder, Not...eliminated, and everything...Spectrum Disorder." The...
The Hidden Mental Health Crisis: Why Teenagers with Disabilities Need Psychiatric Care (And How to Access It)
Medical > Psychiatry

The Hidden Mental Health Crisis: Why Teenagers with Disabilities Need Psychiatric Care (And How to Access It)

By Chloe Davis
...wheelchair and an IEP that...teenage stuff" and suggests...won't pass. And it's not...depression and anxiety than...behavioral issues related to their...mental health disorders occurring...never get it. And parents are...disability-related behavior,...mood swings, and clinical...More Common and Often Missed....developmental stressors as any adolescent:...isolation, medical trauma from repeated...independence, and for some,...
The R-Word Spiked 200% Online. A Disney Actor With Down Syndrome Made a 91-Second Response Parents Need to See.
News > Advocacy

The R-Word Spiked 200% Online. A Disney Actor With Down Syndrome Made a 91-Second Response Parents Need to See.

By Amelia Harper
...Drum to Disability Scoop, and coalition support from...Down Syndrome Society, and five other international...things humanity used to do and doesn't anymore. What...Evolve." The tagline is direct and the execution avoids trauma...and the execution avoids trauma narratives or emotional...starring alongside Jude Law and Alexander...
What Is Play Therapy? A Parent's Guide for Special Needs Families
Therapies > Play

What Is Play Therapy? A Parent's Guide for Special Needs Families

By Dr. Jenna Collins
...the referral card, and later wonder what you...children express, process, and resolve emotional or...emerge in their play, and how those observations...session looks like, and how to find a qualified...What Play Therapy Is (and What It Isn't). Play...A child processing trauma might repeat scenarios...can happen safely, and intervenes to guide...
When Medical Care Becomes Traumatic: PTSD in Disabled Children and Their Families
Health > Mental Health

When Medical Care Becomes Traumatic: PTSD in Disabled Children and Their Families

By Lily Matthews
...both urgent and impenetrable....what's coming and begins to...lAndscape. And for some,...repetition creates trauma. Medical trauma...trauma. Medical trauma refers to...psychological and physiological...hospitals, and experience...consenting, and witnessing,...own fear and exhaustion....settings, and a nervous...How Medical Trauma Shows Up in...rates of trauma exposure across...happen next, and limited autonomy...
Navigating Epilepsy: Comprehensive Guide for Individuals with Special Needs
Medical > Neurology

Navigating Epilepsy: Comprehensive Guide for Individuals with Special Needs

By Andrew Donovan
...Identifying, Treating, and Coping Strategies...medical condition and its effect on...neurological disorder marked by recurrent...fever or brain trauma but are instead...to deal with and predict. Understanding...Intersection of Epilepsy and Special Needs...needs individuals and their caretakers...quality of life and underlying cognitive...factors: cognition and behavior. Changes...neurologists and neuropsychologists...
I Am Adam Lanza's Therapist: The Children, The Moms
Health > Mental Health

I Am Adam Lanza's Therapist: The Children, The Moms

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...abandonment trauma or failure to...Physical abuse and sexual abuse...misdiagnosed already and prescribed inappropriate...didn't work, and the worst part...the essence, and bonding is supposed...are bad seeds and their parents...children is unique and different. Some...attachment trauma, boys are often...their defiance and disrespect of...RAD children and begin competing...for top dog, and at some point,...
Anger, Self-Destructive Tendencies, Depression, and Learning Disorders
Health > Mental Health

Anger, Self-Destructive Tendencies, Depression, and Learning Disorders

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...inward and morph into...frustration and anger need...outlet, and they may...parents, and other adults...to turn, and then bullying...bullying and violence...Anger and its consequences...itself from trauma and may...trauma and may scramble...learning disorders. In extreme...themselves and put on...Emotional and behavioral...or home and release...typical anger and prevent...tendencies and the medication...simple and gentle...themselves and their emotions....
Product of the Week: Pediatric Limb Immobilizers
Assistive Tech > Mobility

Product of the Week: Pediatric Limb Immobilizers

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...variety of arm, leg, and wrist immobilizers...from cleft palate and amblyopia to cerebral...palsy, spina bifida, and even chronic thumbsucking...can lead to tooth and gum problems)....ophthalmologists, and parents. Yet...any discomfort or trauma to the child....however, parents and doctors used very...to serve as arm and leg immobilizers....tongue depressors, and...
A Growing Epidemic for Kids: Help Your Child Stop Cutting
Health > Mental Health

A Growing Epidemic for Kids: Help Your Child Stop Cutting

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...insidious and disturbing...abuse, eating disorders, and obsessive-...disorders, and obsessive-...ages of 13 and 19, regularly...females, the disorder also affects...unduly critical and shameful, which...life’s ups and downs. The...teens to cut and try to pressure...appear tough and cool.What teen...teen cutters and those pressured...shock, anger and revulsion of...of family and friends can...
Excerpt from "Life Before Birth"
Education > Early Intervention

Excerpt from "Life Before Birth"

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...increasing–traumas while being...lifelong effect and can change...function and structure...punctured and a needle inserted...cortisol levels, and 183 percent...respond to pain and can set in...involved in pain and stress. It...be coded and stored for...behavior.[1] A trauma in the womb...irritability, and hyperactivity...hyperactivity (and hypermotility)....galvanizing and can aid adaptation,...time of the trauma, but for a...
Reactive Attachment Disorder
Special Needs > General Special Needs

Reactive Attachment Disorder

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...Ahh...Reactive Attachment Disorder. It didn't mean much...little girl wants (and deserves) a mother...a little extra love and attention (no matter...turn it upside down and inside out if you hope...emotional or physical trauma at a very young age....children who suffer trauma will develop RAD, but...there to cause pain, and if the...

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