If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Read this story about the recent report from the Education Trust, a children’s advocacy group, and you realize that our biggest challenges right now have less to do with the state of Wall Street and more with the state of [...]
From the monthly archives:
November 2008
What : Santa visit time for children with special needs
Where: Twelve Oaks Mall – Novi, MI
When: Sunday, December 14th, 2008
Times : 9:00am to 10:30am
Who : Children with special needs and their brothers, sisters and families who need a little more time, a little chaos and a little less noise to enjoy their special visit with [...]
Ordered by the U.S. Department of Education to reassess the qualifications of its special education teachers, the Michigan Department of Education reported in June that about half of the core classes offered to special education students in self-contained classrooms offered instruction by non-highly qualified teachers.
Even more eyebrow-raising, the research questioned whether a predominantly female teaching force is causing more boys to be labeled as behavior problems because women may struggle in handling the sometimes rambunctious nature of boys. It also questioned whether boys may respond better to a coachlike sternness found in some male teachers.
My next appearance in Momversation: Do you use food as a reward for your kids?
Mindy of The Mommy Blog kicks off the conversation, and we pick it up from there. Highlights from my answer: Jolly Ranchers and Fudgcicles.
With me:
Nataly Kogan of Work It, Mom!
Daphne Brogdon of Cool Mom
Mindy Roberts of The Mommy Blog
Are you willing [...]
Amanda has a clothing fit question for you:
My son is very tall but very thin, so I often find myself buying pants that are too big for him in the waist but fit him in the length. I’ve also been fortunate to receive a lot of hand-me-downs. Unfortunately, a lot of these pants came without [...]
From Russ and Becky:
I don’t know how many people still use disposable cameras, but I hope this helps the few that do! I was always hanging on to cameras with a few shots left hoping to use them up later. But when I needed another one I couldn’t find it and so bought another (and [...]
Dame Stephanie Shirley one of Britain’s leading autism campaigners recently visited the London Borough of Redbridge for the first time to deliver an Autism Lecture in Woodford Green, Essex, on the invitation of the autism charity, the UK Autism Foundation. She is also one of the UK’s top entrepreneurs, arriving in Britain from Austria at [...]
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Conference 2008: Taking Action To Tackle Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
On Saturday 22nd November, mental health professionals and members of the public who are affected by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) will all come together for the 2008 OCD Conference at Imperial College London. This annual conference has been designed to inspire, invigorate and educate participants and provide an opportunity to share [...]
Paul Offit, MD, announced today that all author royalties earned from the sale of his new book, “Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure,” will be donated to the Center for Autism Research at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. [...]
Researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute have found that infants later diagnosed with autism exhibited unusual exploration of objects long before being diagnosed.
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Researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute have found that infants later diagnosed with autism exhibited unusual exploration of objects long before being diagnosed. Studying a group of children at high risk for developing autism, the researchers found that those eventually diagnosed with the disorder were more likely to spin, repetitively rotate, stare at and [...]
Scientists have identified the first gene that is associated with a common childhood language disorder, known as specific language impairment (SLI). The gene – CNTNAP2 – has also been recently implicated in autism, and could represent a crucial genetic link between the two disorders.
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The UK Autism Foundation has congratulated the President Elect of the United States of America Senator Barack Obama on winning the race to the White House. Autism campaigners from all over the world have contacted Barack Obama to wish him well. During the campaign Senator Obama pledged his support for parents, carers and people with [...]
Paul Offit, M.D., has announced that all author royalties earned from the sale of his new book, “Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure,” will be donated to the Center for Autism Research at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “We are very pleased to partner with Dr. [...]
Populations of children who live in counties with higher levels of annual precipitation tend to have higher prevalence of autism, according to a report released on November 3, 2008 in Archives of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. This association may indicate that autism may be influenced by an environmental [...]
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