Helping Children with Communication Disorders in the Schools
What kinds of speech and language disorders affect children? Speech and language disorders can affect the way children talk, understand, analyze or process information. Speech disorders include the clarity, voice quality, and fluency of a child's spoken words. Language disorders include a child's ability to hold meaningful conversations, understand others, problem solve, read and comprehend, and express thoughts through spoken or written words.
Special Ed. Info for Parents & Instructors
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Orthopedic Impairments and Special Needs Students
According to the federal Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), an orthopedic impairment is defined as a bone-, joint-, or muscle-related disability that is so severe that it negatively affects a child’s educational performance. Causes of orthopedic impairment range from genetic abnormalities (such as those that cause a missing arm or leg) to disorders like cerebral palsy, as well as other issues. Students are typically evaluated by a healthcare professional to determine if they have an orthopedic impairment that will interfere with their academic progress. Medical professionals may also observe the child in the classroom to get a sense of potential problems the student will face.
What Is Down Syndrome?
In every cell in the human body there is a nucleus, where genetic material is stored in genes. Genes carry the codes responsible for all of our inherited traits and are grouped along rod-like structures called chromosomes. Typically, the nucleus of each cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, half of which are inherited from each parent.
Children and Orthopedic Impairments
The definition of an, "Orthopedic Impairment," is one that includes impairments caused by congenital anomalies such as absence of a member, clubfoot, impairments caused by disease such as bone tuberculosis, poliomyelitis, or impairments for other causes to include amputations, fractures, cerebral palsy, burns, or fractures. The definition of an, 'Orthopedic Impairment,' is one that includes impairments caused by congenital anomalies such as absence of a member, clubfoot, impairments caused by disease such as bone tuberculosis, poliomyelitis, or impairments for other causes to include amputations, fractures, cerebral palsy, burns, or fractures, for example: A neuromotor impairment is one that has caused damage to or is considered to be an, 'abnormality,' of the child's spinal cord, brain, or nervous system. Diplegia - legs affected more than armsHemiplegia - left or right sideQuadriplegia - all four limbs
Intellectual disability: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Intellectual disability is a condition diagnosed before age 18 that includes below-average intellectual function and a lack of skills necessary for daily living. In the past, the term mental retardation was used to describe this condition. This term is no longer used. Causes Intellectual disability affects about 1% to 3% of the population.
Children Diagnosed With Cancer: Returning to School
When a child is diagnosed with cancer, families and parents will need to know about and cope with many problems. This document, which offers ideas for coping and moving forward after diagnosis, is one in a series of documents for parents and loved ones of a child with cancer. The other documents have information on how to cope with the cancer diagnosis, understanding the health care system, late effects of cancer treatment, and financial and insurance issues. Adults have jobs to anchor them in life—children have school., Depression, anxiety, lack of interest, and poor self-esteem can result when a child has to be out of school.
Earlychildhood NEWS - Article Reading Center
The Child Development Associates (CDA) competencies that can be used for this article are: • To ensure a well-run, purposeful program responsive to participant needs. • To establish positive and productive relationships with families. For more information on the CDA competency requirements, contact the Council for Early Childhood Recognition at (800) 424-4310.
Autism Symptoms and Early Signs: What to Look for in Babies, Toddlers, and Children
Understanding autism Autism is a spectrum of closely related disorders with a shared core of symptoms. Autism spectrum disorders appear in infancy and early childhood, causing delays in many basic areas of development such as learning to talk, play, and interact with others. The signs and symptoms of autism vary widely, as do its effects. Some autistic children have only mild impairments, while others have more obstacles to overcome.
SOME CAUSES OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IN INFANTS AND TODDLERS
There are many possible defects or diseases of the visual system, but, fortunately, many of them appear after the first few years of life. There are still many malformations, defects, diseases, infections, and disorders that can affect the visual system in infants and toddlers. It is not the purpose of this handbook to describe them all, or even to list them, as it is presumed that medical follow-up to screening will identify and prescribe treatment. The following selected terms include only a few of the many visual disorders found in young children. (For more information, refer to a good ophthalmological text.) Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI): apparent lack of or reduction in vision when eyes appear to be normal; cause of the visual reduction is in the visual cortex of the brain; there is no nystagmus; special intervention techniques are indicated (contact VI teacher).
Effects of Hearing Loss on Development
It is well recognized that hearing is critical to speech and language development, communication, and learning. Children with listening difficulties due to hearing loss or auditory processing problems continue to be an underidentified and underserved population. The earlier hearing loss occurs in a child's life, the more serious the effects on the child's development. Similarly, the earlier the problem is identified and intervention begun, the less serious the ultimate impact. There are four major ways in which hearing loss affects children--
Emotional Disturbance
A legacy resource from NICHCY Disability Fact Sheet 5 (FS5) June 2010 | Links updated, February 2014 The mental health of our children is a natural and important concern for us all. The fact is, many mental disorders have their beginnings in childhood or adolescence, yet may go undiagnosed and untreated for years. (1) We refer to mental disorders using different “umbrella” terms such as emotional disturbance, behavioral disorders, or mental illness. Beneath these umbrella terms, there is actually a wide range of specific conditions that differ from one another in their characteristics and treatment. These include (but are not limited to):
