The American Academy of Pediatrics Signs that Your Teen May Need Mental Health Support During COVID-19 The stress, fear, and uncertainty create…
Special Needs
Helping Kids With Autism Cope With the Pandemic
Helping Kids With Autism Cope With the Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic is keeping parents and kids home—and away from others—to help stop the spread of…
Struggling: How Can You Tell If Your Child Needs to Be Tested?
It starts with a gut feeling. Your child just seems a little different than other kids the same age. Maybe it’s the way he plays, or the difficulty sh…
Caring for Kids with Special Health Needs During the COVID-19 Outbreak!
The American Academy of Pediatrics COVID-19: Information for Families of Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs By: Dennis Z. Kuo, MD, MH…
Toilet Training Children with Special Needs
BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS NOV 2017 HOW TO POTTY TRAIN DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN The issue of when and how to begin toilet…
When Baby Needs Oxygen
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS OCT 2017 THE INS AND OUTS OF HOME OXYGEN Medically stable babies on supplemental oxygen may go home, provided pare…
Staying Active
EPISCOPAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN MAY 2017 HOW TO KEEP YOUR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED CHILD PHYSICALLY FIT Summer is here, and it’s a great time for families wi…
Teach Your Shy Kids How to Connect
BY MARIBETH KUZMESKI JUN 2017 HOW TO HELP YOUR KIDS BEHAVE APPROPRIATELY AND ENGAGE MEANINGFULLY WITH EVERYONE FROM PEERS TO STRANGERS As a parent h…
What Every Parent Should Know About Dyslexia
GFM 2016 Let’s meet Adam, a typical child with dyslexia. Adam has trouble in school—with reading, spelling, and occasionally math. Sometimes he has…
Understanding Autism II
GFM 2016 Intervention, Alternate Treatments, Programs, Resources, and the Future for Kids with Autism Many young children with autism and PDDNOS be…