United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) Unveils Online Resource for Parents
UCP has launched My Child Without Limits, an online resource that provides parents of children newly diagnosed with developmental disabilities with critical information and connects them to a social network. |
Using Time Delay to Teach Literacy to Students with Severe Developmental Disabilities 
Analysis of 30 single-subject research studies evaluating the effect of time delay on sight word and picture recognition for individuals with severe developmental disabilities suggests that time delay is an evidence-based practice. |
Readiness and Adjustments to School for Children With Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)
Children with extreme intrauterine growth restriction who were followed from birth through kindergarten and first grade showed adjustment difficulties, lower school achievements, more impulsive behavior, but typical socioemotional competencies relative to matched controls. |
Teaching Positive Work Behavior With Literacy-Based Behavioral Interventions: An Intervention for Students and Employees With Developmental Disabilities
This article describes how literacy-based behavioral interventions can help teachers, job coaches, and employers who work with individuals with disabilities encourage positive work behaviors. |
Nutrition and Fitness Curriculum: Designing Instructional Interventions for Children With Developmental Disabilities
This article explores how children with developmental disabilities share the same health concerns and risk factors as nondisabled peers, and in some instances are at a greater risk. |
Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD) (updated April 2000)
Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) is a category designated by the American Psychiatric Association to indicate children with delay or deviance in their social/language/motor and/or cognitive development." |
Art Activities for Children with Disabilities (December 2003)
How can art activities be structured for students with disabilities? |
Developing Concept of Word: The Work of Emergent Readers
Concept of word has been demonstrated as a pivotal event in learning to read. Activities to help students achieve concept of word are described, including environmental print, picture-word matching, repeated reading of predictable and leveled texts, language experience stories, and scaffolded writing. |
Evaluating the Suitability of Phonological Awareness Programs for Children Who Are at Risk
This article shows how an understanding of phonological awareness can help teachers improve the reading skills of their students—particularly those at risk of failure. Students at risk for reading disabilities can benefit from effective instruction in phonological awareness. |
Autism
Autism is a complex developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life. . Autism impacts the normal development of the brain in the areas of social interaction and communications skills. " |
Asperger Syndrome (updated July 2002)
Asperger syndrome (AS) is a neurobiological disorder, which most researchers feel falls at the 'high end' of the autistic spectrum. Individuals with Asperger syndrome can have symptoms ranging from mild to severe." |
