A Child With Needs

When your child is diagnosed with ADHD, so many questions can arise. Here are some facts to help you understand Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder better: Where to Get Help: Ask your doctor See a Developmental Pediatrician Talk to your child’s school psychologist Signs of ADHD: Be easily distracted, miss details, forget things, and frequently switch [...]

Autism can be challenging anywhere, but sometime autism in the workplace is a key to success. Individual’s with Autism have a unique set of traits that help lead to success in certain work environments. Sometimes they have to steer their own way to success because the typical career path that starts with college can be [...]

Planning the Transition to Adulthood There are many factors to take into account when planning a student transition to adulthood. This transition can be compounded when intellectual disabilities are involved. Here are some things to consider in making the transition to adulthood more student lead: • Designed within an outcome-oriented process, which promotes movement from [...]

Early sexual activity in children can occur for a myriad of reason and with a wide variety of consequences. Here are some facts to know in order to help your kids: Reasons of Early Sexual Activity Today’s culture promotes early sexual activity with little regard to the consequences Students are inundated by the message that [...]

Autism effects a wide spread demographic. One therapy that is often sought out to help those effected with Autism. ABA refers to Applied Behavior Analysis. It used to be referred to as behavior modification. ABA is based on the theories of behaviorism. It focuses on using consequences to teach now and effectively teach skills for [...]

An intellectual disability not only effects an individual’s abilities, but the label of ‘intellectual disability’ can also hurt a child, especially when using the terms ‘mental retardation’ to diagnose the student. Although intellectual disability is starting to readily replace mental retardation, there is still controversy. Here are some things to consider when labeling a child. [...]

There are multiple issues surrounding the definition and classification of students with an intellectual disability. It is important to consider this aspect as it relates to special and regular educators as well as parents of children with an intellectual disability. Definition of Students with an Intellectual Disability Intellectual disabilities also referred to as Mental retardation [...]

Learning disabilities are defined by IDEA, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as:  A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations, including conditions [...]

Behavior and Cognitive interventions can help children succeed when they have been having difficulty. The following are activities, strategies, and methods for teaching appropriate behavior and cognitive skills to children with Emotional Behavior Disorders.  Although these tools are primarily for those with Emotional Behavior Disorders, they can be applied to all children learning these skills. [...]

Terminology of Intellectual Disability In 1955, AAMR published its first manual on the definitions and classifications of mental retardation also known as an intellectual disability. It gave a standard deviation of only one below the mean or approximately a score of 85 on an IQ test. This new definition presented many board line cases, which [...]