Description: Children’s Specialized Hospital/School Program provides a comprehensive range of educational, therapeutic, medical and social services designed to optimize the individual potential of each child. Services are provided in a...

Childhood onset schizophrenia A child's stage of development must be taken into account when considering a diagnosis of mental illness. 1 Behaviors that are normal at one age may not be at another. Rarely, a healthy young child may report...

Childhood Cancers Cancer is a group of many related diseases that begin in cells, the body's basic unit of life. To understand cancer, it is helpful to know what happens when normal cells become cancerous. The body is made up of many types of...

Child Study Team Child Study Team Checklists • Child Study Team Checklist for Initial Student Review • Child Study Team Pre-Referral Strategies Checklist • IEP Committee Packet Checklist • Obtaining School Records on a Student-Checklist •...

Epilepsy Epilepsy is a brain disorder in which clusters of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain sometimes signal abnormally. In epilepsy, the normal pattern of neuronal activity becomes disturbed, causing strange sensations, emotions, and...

Child Development Information Child Development Information Tables • Dressing Skills-Milestones • Eating Skills-Milestones • Expressive Language-Milestones • Grooming Skills-Milestones • Gross Motor Developmental-Milestones • Indicators of...

Checklist: Does my child hear? Introduction Many times parents of students in your class may have a new child and express concerns about development. One of the concerns most often expressed may involve hearing. Sometimes parents are concerned...

Go to the PDP Menu Characteristics of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders This lecture focuses on characteristics of students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Topics covered include: hyperactivity, conduct problems,...

Username password lost password? Publications ADHD Series Assessment in Special Education Series Autism Spectrum Disorders Series Back to School - Special Review Bullying of Children Classroom Management Series Discipline of Students in Special...

Characteristcs According to the Starbright Foundation (2002; cited in Turnball et al., 2004), there are numerous complex challenges facing children with health impairments. Common issues are: “loss of sense of control, lack of understanding...