Children with disabilites and their families : team working and the role of the key workerThe unique nature of the needs of children with disabilities and the varied dynamics of family life mean that service provision cannot be boxed neatly into the individual arenas of health, education ...
Children with intellectual disabilities—significantly low cognitive functioning coupled with significant deficits in adaptive or everyday functioning—make up 2 to 3 percent of the population, and it's estimated that 1 in 3 children with disabilities experiences some form of maltreatment. However, in ...
This paper presents a review of key issues surrounding multidisciplinary work in relation to the care of children with disabilities and their families. The discussion is based on experience of working in a child development team and research visits to teams around Britain at the beginning of the ...
Qs & As about IDEA, Students with Disabilities and State and District Assessments. "Family friendly" version of OSEP Memorandum about assessments; 26 questions and answers about parental permission, role of IEP team, accommodations and modifications; alternate assessments, out-of-level testing, account...
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Other winners from Switzerland include Mia and Fabio, who are members of PluSport, which offers sports activities for children with disabilities. Mia and Fabio play football in one of PluSport’s football teams. In their winning drawings, they show that ev...
For his study, Rose and his research team surveyed nearly 1,200 middle and high-school-aged students with disabilities to determine the mental health outcomes of bullying. They found that students with disabilities, when victimized by bullying, are more likely to respond aggressively either through...
Rehabilitative and habilitative therapies can help children with disabilities increase independence and overall wellbeing. However, children and their care
Modern science and data sharing converged to underpin a study led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, that identified a gene associated with a rare condition that results in physical and intellectual disabilities of children. ...
The impact of disorders of fluid balance, including the pathologic state of fluid overload in sick children has become increasingly apparent. With this und