There are many different assistive devices and most of them are available for the smallest children. A therapist can assist you in finding the right equipment to promote social and cognitive development as well as motor function for your child...
What You Need to Know: Early Intervention
Children receive services for different lengths of time, depending on what they need. Some children participate for a short time to address a temporary delay in development. Other children may require follow-up special education services once they enter school...
How Children Use Technology During Quarantine
Pandemic-induced business and school closures have caused many families to adjust to a new reality. Parents have converted bedrooms and living rooms into home offices, while children have transitioned to online learning and an increasingly digital social life...
Understanding Autism: From DSM-IV to DSM-5 and Beyond
The term Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is frequently used interchangeably with autism. Diagnoses from DSM-IV such as Asperger’s Syndrome, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Autistic Disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorders (Not Otherwise Specified) are now all included within the umbrella of ASD under DSM-5...