Federal education officials are taking new steps to address the academic needs of students with disabilities who have significant behavior challenges. The U.S. Department of Education says that many ...
Florida's Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) offers home-based services designed to keep individuals with ...
Our Emotional and Behavioral Disorders License program prepares you to serve K-12 students who have been identified with mild to severe emotional and behavior disorders. If you already hold a special ...
According to BYU professor Blake Hansen, children with developmental and intellectual disabilities are one of the most understudied populations in the US, but he’s working to change that. Hansen, a ...
When we want to go to the store, most of us lace up our sneakers, grab our car keys and head out the door. But for people with intellectual disabilities living in residential group homes and supported ...
Cannabidiol, a type of medicinal cannabis, may reduce severe behavioral problems in children and adolescents with an intellectual disability a new study has found. The pilot study, led by the Murdoch ...
The pandemic has revealed some truths: A lack of mental health providers to sufficiently meet the needs of those in crisis (including providers of color); and the stress that COVID-19 has introduced ...
New research explores the complex emotional, behavioral and intellectual disabilities associated with childhood epilepsy and their effect on development. Children with epilepsy can face greater ...
A new government-backed review finds that there is substantially more evidence for behavior therapy in treating autism than even just a few years ago. In a report released this month, Vanderbilt ...
There was a period in fourth grade where Shannon Smith's son seemed to be suspended at least once a week. The suspensions escalated his anxiety and she couldn't shake her own worry that things would ...
There s a disconnect between many employees perceptions and actions when it comes to a disability s impact. Prudential Insurance Company of America s Eighth Annual Study of Employee Benefits: Today ...
Through a series of columns starting with the previous Mindset Matters piece, the hope is to open a dialogue around the significance of the emerging Disability Economy and discover some of the ...