ICT Individualized Education Support System for Supporting Children with Developmental Disabilities

Early Intervention for Children with Developmental Disabilities

Supporting consumer-mandated programming for persons with developmental disabilities.

The development of health policies is often initiated to meet political objectives, but policies can be, to a great extent, shaped by information found in surveys and other health services research. The following article provides an example of how survey data can be used to shape policy regarding developmental disabilities. It also illustrates how occupational therapists can use the data to adj...

Sexuality education of children and adolescents with developmental disabilities. American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Children with Disabilities.

Policies that include children with developmental disabilities in community life increase their opportunities but also create new challenges and introduce certain risks. When high school classmates of a teenaged girl with mild mental retardation were convicted of sexually abusing her, a prominent advocate for people with disabilities noted, “The need to be loved can be a trap for the most capab...

Social support is associated with blood pressure responses in parents caring for children with developmental disabilities.

The present study tested whether parents caring for children with developmental disabilities would have higher blood pressure compared to parents of typically developing children (controls). It also examined the psychosocial factors underlying this observation. Thirty-five parents of children with developmental disability and thirty controls completed standard measures of perceived stress, chil...

Supporting children with disabilities at school: implications for the advocate role in professional practice and education

PURPOSE School settings are a common practice context for rehabilitation professionals; health advocacy is a common and challenging practice role for professionals in this context. This study explored how pediatric practitioners advocate for children with disabilities at school. Specifically, we examined everyday advocacy in the context of school-based support for children with disabilities. ...