When most people hear words such as “learning,” “smart,” or “memory,” they automatically think of the brain. In school we teach “to the head” only, asking students to sit in chairs for long periods of time, listening and
As parents, we spend much of our time helping our children prepare for adulthood. Do we prepare them for taking responsibility for their health care?
I don’t care who you are – at some point it’s going to happen to you. I am talking about managing meltdowns. Celebrities define their careers with them. However, for parents of special needs children, meltdowns, or drama, are part of daily life
Time-out is one of the most popular and highly recommended disciplinary strategies. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to use correctly, and when used inconsistently or in the wrong circumstances, can make problems even
Summer travel with a special needs child can definitely add adventure to your plans. Still, take time for careful planning and discuss things with the whole family first, so that an adventure doesn’t translate into a nightmare
Collaboration between MHMRA and the University of Houston – Clear Lake, SkIP is ahead of the game in offering support to these children and
Headlines are quick to capture “deadbeat dads”. Stories and movies are often written about abusive fathers, and about dads who disappear from the lives of their children, leaving moms and children broken, hurt, desolate, and alone. We seem to hear a little bit about the good dads
Music therapy is a multi-sensory experience whereby music is used for therapeutic results. A student visually connects with
All of us are born with undeveloped brains. We’ve got one hundred billion brain neurons at birth, but they aren’t connected to
When I first heard about therapeutic listening, I was very dubious. I didn’t understand how wearing headphones and listening to weird sounds was going to do anything except seriously tick Billy off
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