Below are our articles about Special Needs Diagnoses. Click here to read our Introduction to Child Development.
Childhood apraxia of speech, or CAS, has many different names. You may hear verbal apraxia, developmental apraxia of speech, or dyspraxia, among many others. For purposes of this article, it will be referred to as “Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS).” CAS is a motor speech disorder. A child who has CAS will have difficulty planning motor movements for speech production. …
The following account describes one family’s journey with their child, who was eventually diagnosed with dyslexia, received intervention, and is now successfully navigating college as a junior in Mechanical Engineering.
Tongue-tie, or what is commonly referred to in the medical community as ankyloglossia, is a partial or total fusion of the tongue to the floor of the mouth due to an abnormality of the lingual frenulum. It is present at birth.
The type of hearing loss involved with getting a cochlear implant is called sensorineural, which means that there are abnormalities in the hair cells in the cochlea. With this type of loss, sound cannot reach the auditory nerve. With a cochlear implant, sound bypasses the damaged parts of the ear and reaches the auditory nerve.
As therapists working with our families in their natural environments, we have the ability to choose from many different approaches to autism spectrum therapy as well as identify appropriate structures for interventions that can be implemented. One such approach is called “The PLAY Project” (Play and Language for the Autistic Youngster).
There are many advantages to being bilingual. The American Speech-Language Hearing Association suggests that some advantages may include: learning new words more easily, playing rhyming games, putting words into categories, increasing problem solving skills, and improving listening skills.
Aside from cognitive delays, there are varying levels of speech and language delays associated with FXS (more so in males).
ADHD Has 3 Subtypes, and they are as follows: Predominately Hyperactive-Impulsive, Predominately Inattentive, and Combined Hyperactive-Impulsive and Inattentive.
One of the first and most challenging decisions now that you have a child who is deaf or hard of hearing, is selecting HOW you will communicate with your child. The purpose of this article is to introduce the basic communication approaches. Let’s begin with some definitions and important distinctions.
Hi, I have worked with William’s Syndrome and Autistic children. Right now I am a nanny and this little boy is 18 months old and shows characteristics of fragile x and autism. I am not a therapist and am not qualified, but since I have worked with hundreds (especially with infants and toddlers)in daycares and pre-schools and being a nanny …
