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Education > Early Intervention
Natural Learning Environments in Early Intervention: Why Your Child's Therapy Happens at Home
...asks whether she can watch lunch. Nothing about that first hour matches what therapy is supposed to look like. There is no clinic room, no table of exercises, no closed door with your child behind it. There is your kitchen, your toddler throwing a spoon, and a professional taking notes while you handle...
Career > Finding Jobs
Tech Employment for People with Disabilities: What Microsoft's Ability Summit Highlights
...candidates. The program replaces the one-hour panel interview with a multi-day process: candidates spend time in small groups, work through technical exercises at a normal pace, and in many cases complete a paid academy period before a hiring decision is made. The goal is to...
Lifestyle > Art
Art in Occupational Therapy: How OTs Use Creative Work to Build Motor Skills
...Painting with a brush reinforces the tripod grip required for handwriting. The therapeutic advantage of art is disguise. A child who resists repetitive exercises will paint for 20 minutes without realizing they're working on wrist stability. The motivation is intrinsic. They want to finish the project, so...
Legal > Housing
Moving from a Nursing Home to Community Housing Under Olmstead
...guarantees the right to live in the most integrated setting appropriate to individual needs, yet families often don't know these rights exist or how to exercise them. The Olmstead decision and programs like Money Follows the Person provide pathways out of institutional care, but navigating the transition process...
Therapies > Physical
Your Child's PT Home Exercise Program: How to Practice Between Sessions and See Results
...physical therapist hands you a packet of exercises at the end of the session. You're...by keeping at it. What a PT Home Exercise Program Should Include. A usable home...Program Should Include. A usable home exercise program gives you enough detail to...you enough detail to replicate the exercise without guessing. If you're reading...
Therapies > Speech
How to Support Your Child's Speech Therapy Progress at Home
...notes, and fully intend to follow through. Then life happens. The week gets away from you. By the next session, you're apologizing for not doing the exercises. Formal practice sessions aren't what moves the needle. Research shows that two 5-minute interactions embedded in your child's day are more effective...
Special Needs > Respiratory Health
Respiratory Health for Children with Disabilities: A Complete Family Guide
...between the ribs), faster breathing, or fatigue after minimal exertion. Triggers vary, but common ones include respiratory infections, allergens, exercise, cold air, and strong emotions. For children with sensory processing differences, stress and anxiety can be significant triggers...
Health > Exercise
Making Exercise Stick at Home: Therapy-Backed Activities That Fit Real Family Life
...hands you a packet at the end of the session. Six exercises, illustrated. "Try to do these at home every...backs this up. Families who succeed with home exercise programs don't do more activities at once. They...before adding another. Your therapist gave you six exercises because those are the six things your child needs...
Health > Exercise
Adaptive Sports and Fitness for Children with Disabilities: Where to Start and How to Succeed
From the physical exam to finding local programs, here's how to move from interest to participation in adaptive sports.
Health > Exercise
Swimming and Aquatic Therapy: Why Water Works for Children with Special Needs
Many parents arrive at aquatic therapy after working through a list of exercises that didn't fit. Gymnastics moved too fast. Group fitness classes had...developmental disabilities, the aquatic environment offers something land-based exercise cannot: a medium that reduces the physical demands of movement while increasing...
Assistive Tech > Apps
ADHD Apps That Help Kids Focus: What Works and What Doesn't
...families who have already paid for three apps based on those claims, that's useful context before buying a fourth. An app that offers "attention training exercises" is a different product than one built on behavior modification or organizational support, and they can appear in the same search results. The One...
Health > Exercise
The Activity Gap: Why Kids with Disabilities Exercise Far Less, and What Families Can Do
A parent watching their child sit out of gym class, skip every sports invitation, or avoid physical activity altogether often senses something is off, but may not realize how common that experience is. The data, when you see it, tends to feel familiar. More than one in four people with disabilities ...