Obsessive Compulsive Disorder-OCD "I couldn't do anything without rituals. They invaded every aspect of my life. Counting really bogged me down. I would wash my hair three times as opposed to once because three was a good luck number and one...

Panic Disorder "It started 10 years ago, when I had just graduated from college and started a new job. I was sitting in a business seminar in a hotel and this thing came out of the blue. I felt like I was dying. "For me, a panic attack is...

Gifted and Talented child gifted talented teaching – National Association of Special Education Teachers Accommodations and Modifications Gifted readers and reading instruction : Children who have exceptional ability in reading and working with...

Parent Teacher Handouts Application for iPhone and iPad Parent/Teacher conferences are an integral part of being a special education teacher and afford the opportunity to communicate very important information to a parent that will facilitate...

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...

Description: Students are referred to the Devereux Day School when the severity of their educational and emotional needs cannot be addressed within the local education community. Full-time emotional support programming is offered for children...

What is spinal muscular atrophy? Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a group of hereditary diseases that progressively destroys motor neurons—nerve cells in the brain stem and spinal cord that control essential skeletal muscle activity such as...

Comprehensive Overview of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an injury to the brain caused by the head being hit by something or shaken violently. (The exact definition of TBI, according to special education law, is...

Sella Munyendo & Franciscah Irangi Wamocho Abstract The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of embossed picture technique when used in teaching reading to the pupils with hearing impairment. The study was guided by Piaget’s theory...

Blood Disorder Anemia Blood Loss Aplastic Anemia Symptom NASET Anemia Caused by Blood Loss Blood loss can also cause anemia - whether it's because of excessive bleeding due to injury, surgery, or a problem with the blood's clotting mechanism....