Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights
Early detection of a developmental delay is an art. Small children don’t always respond on command. Pediatricians do the best job they can in the limited time they have with patients, but getting a detailed assessment from a parent’s memory about their child’s progress is tricky (Committee on Children With Disabilities). It is not wise for a parent [...]
In honor of Better Hearing and Speech Month, I selected an activity to spotlight from Kimberly A. Henry’s book, . A printable called the Magic Book is included on a CD that accompanies this book and it helps teach phonemic awareness. An Interactive Tool A Magic Word Book is an interactive tool for helping children [...]
My bookshelves are overflowing with books. I am quite the book junkie. I love books of all sizes and shapes, and find a need to have one (or more) for every topic I teach. Many years ago, as I started to discover the multiple integrated ways children learn, books took on a whole new dimension [...]
My pediatrician gave me the phone number for Early Intervention and I didn’t hesitate to call. They set up two appointments, one was a basic intake that was just paperwork and the other was an evaluation to see if my son qualified for services. The differences between my son and the other children were becoming [...]
The first step on our journey to Early Intervention was a wellness checkup. We’d just moved and I was late finding a new pediatrician, so our 12-month well visit didn’t show up until 16 months. It ended up being a good thing. At 12 months my son was hitting his milestones. Well, the milestones I [...]
We live in a world that is constantly on the go. We have technology that seems to change on a daily basis and we will invent the “faster, better” device moments after what was thought to be the best was released to the market. As a society we are always looking to find ways to [...]
[fbshare]My child is special. Even before your child is born, we all think that. Whether birth is perfect or filled with complications, we still think it. And no matter what problems our child may encounter it, we keep thinking it. And somewhere in our minds attached to that thought, My child is special is another [...]
by Martianne Stanger We are delighted to bring you our interview with Marla Roth-Fisch, author of Sensitive Sam, a delightful read-together book that teaches while telling the story of a young boy with SPD. This book will be spotlighted in our Online Book Club chat on June 15th. Join us then to ask Marla your [...]
by Jessica Butler, IDEA National Survey Project Coordinator Protecting Students with Disabilities Please take part in the IDEA National Survey, a survey of whether the rights of students with disabilities and their parents are protected. The IDEA National Survey Project is sponsored by the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD), National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS), [...]
