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by Alberta Lindsey, Richmond Times-Dispatch Staff Writer Until he was about one year old, Wesley Sykes had a bright...
by Alberta Lindsey, Richmond Times-Dispatch Staff Writer Until he was about one year old, Wesley Sykes had a bright...
What is the Documenting Hope Project? The Documenting Hope Project is a multi-year research and media initiative to...
Anne Trecker, MS, OTR/L of Occupational Therapy Associates in Watertown, Massachusetts tells us about summer sensory...
In this blog post, Patricia S. Lemer explains how humor helps lower stress and how laughter helps those with autism...
In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND provides ideas for calming strategies for those with SPD, ADHD, autism and...
In this blog post, originally titled "Say Hi to Patty", Patricia S. Lemer focuses on autism, ADHD, developmental...
by Lois Hickman, OTR Occupational therapy on a farm, with real jobs that must be done regularly to maintain the land...
Should your child go to special needs summer camps or to an Extended School Year (ESY) program? Patty Lemer discusses...
In this blog post, Cindy Rinaldi tells her story of homeschooling special needs children. When we withdrew our...
In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND explains how secretin can help to correct digestive dysfunction and thus...
By Evelyn Porreca Vuko Science teachers and parents can turn kids from elementary to high school age into food allergy...
Light sensitivity in kids with autism, ADHD, SPD and developmental delays is common. This hypersensitivity is...
Ensuring that our drinking water is pure is one of the most important steps we can take for children with chronic...
Excerpted from Resistance to Thyroid Hormone: Implications for Neurodevelopmental Research on the Effects of Thyroid...
In this blog post, Patricia S. Lemer explores educational alternatives such as homeschooling and charter schools for...
In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND, writes about five basic questions to ask when considering biomedical...
by Susan Snell, MA., MS., Educational Consultant, St. Columba's Nursery School, Washington, DC, and Family Therapist,...
In this post Patricia S. Lemer, M.Ed., NCC, former Chairman of the Board of Epidemic Answers, discusses the use of a...
Lorna Jean King, OTR, FAOTA, is a pioneer of sensory integration therapy. A colleague of the late A. Jean Ayres, she...
Every day, Sensory Processing Disorder receives new recognition as a common problem among children. Recognition is...
In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND, explains how a sensory integration diet works so much better when...
Parenting special needs children can be quite the challenge, but children will more easily reach their full potential...
By Donna M Warfield, Co-Executive DirectorCircle of Hope Therapeutic Riding, www.chtr.org Equine assisted therapeutic...
In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND, explains why nutrition is helpful for autism, ADHD, SPD and other...
In this blog post, Patricia S. Lemer explains why special needs therapy is often not covered by insurance or schools...
Joye Newman explains why motor skills development from crawling, pulling up, walking and climbing are foundational for...
Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND, co-founder, of Developmental Delay Resources, discusses how different types of fats affect...
Patricia S. Lemer MEd NCC discusses what a developmental optometrist does and how to find one in this post. Parents...
In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, RND, offers sleep strategies for autism, ADHD, SPD and other developmental...
In this blog post, Patricia S. Lemer explains how neurodevelopmental movement can help with focus and attention in the...
In this blog post, Patricia S. Lemer reviews the integrated medicine approach of Leo Galland MD, author of The Four...
Rita Whitaker-Haun and Sheldon Haun explain in this post about the connection between music and autism. As a music...
What Is the Vestibular System? Sensory integration and vestibular processing: Of all the sensory systems that we talk...
Donna Wendelburg and Kathy Nurek, vision therapists and founders of Achievers Unlimited, Fond du Lac, WI, discuss the...
What Is the Interactive Metronome? The Interactive Metronome (IM) is a valuable educational tool for children with...
When children with neurodevelopmental disorders or other chronic health conditions are found to be allergic or...
Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND, co-founder of Developmental Delay Resources, tells us how to improve liver detoxification...
Homeovitics has helped recover my son from Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), a form of autism. Before our...
This article was adapted from brochures available from the IDEA Training Center & the Spectrum Center...
Those of you who have struggled though the maze of medical tests and diagnoses know that the difference between autism...
by Linda DeFrancesco, B.S. Sp. Educ. The Individualized Education Plan (IEP) is an extremely valuable tool for...
By Deborah Z. Altschuler, President, National Pediculosis Association Many diseases affect our child population...
By Helen Rynaski, Freelance writer and speech/language pathologist. What are you doing right now? Yes, you are...