While homeschooling information is always needed by some, the majority now are educating their children at home due to schools being closed to lower the spread of COVID 19/coronavirus. We appreciate the following article from Sarah Bonham, a homeschooler, to share what has worked for her children, one neurotypical and one with special needs, apraxia….
Parenting Special Needs
Home (Schooling) With Kids Due To Coronavirus
Schools will need to iron out a lot of details. If services are missed, the U.S. Department of Education says IEP teams must consider make up or “compensatory” services. Andrew M.I. Lee, JD editor of Understood and former attorney who strives to help people understand complex legal, education, and parenting issues Lindsay Jones, JD chief executive…
Why It’s Smart School’s Out For Coronavirus
“We do not know why children under 9 do not have issues with the virus. They have very high concentrations of the virus and there’s no obvious reason they should not transmit efficiently … X-rays of children’s lungs show that they’re clearly diseased & clearly infected, but they don’t show any symptoms” Ralph Baric, Ph.D….
Eating fruit during pregnancy boosts babies’ brain development, new study confirms
” The idea that nutrition may also impact mental health and cognition has only recently started to gain traction,” Rachel Ward-Flanagan co author of study University of Alberta A follow-up to a University of Alberta study done in 2016 confirms that pregnant women who eat more fruit during pregnancy may be giving their babies’ cognitive development a…
8 Year Old Autistic Nonverbal Child Refused Communion
“Not exactly enlighted and not very Christian” Eyewitness News WABC TV NY anchor when reporting on this story tonight A heartbreaking message from the father of Anthony, an 8 year old nonverbal autistic child. ” Today Nicole and I were informed that our son Anthony would not be able to make his communion this year….
Learn Parentese For Chattier Children
“We’ve known for some time that the use of parentese is associated with improved language outcomes,” Patricia Kuhl, I-LABS co-director and professor of speech and hearing sciences at the UW Babies benefit when parents are fluent in baby talk referred to as motherese or parentese (to be referred to as parentese). At 18 months, children of coached…
Study: Watching TV Helps Picky Eaters
The study found children who watched a cooking program that featured healthy foods were more than twice as likely to choose them for a snack than children who watched a cooking show featuring unhealthy foods. Watching TV Cooking Programs: Effects on Actual Food Intake Among ChildrenFrans Folkvord, PhD et al. Who’d a thunk it that…
Piracetam could harm users, study warns
New research led by Dr. Pieter Cohen of Harvard Medical School and his colleagues reported in JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday that piracetam is listed as an ingredient on the labels of five supplements for sale online. Side Effects Side effects of piracetam are numerous and include anxiety, and depression, hyperkinesia, or even severe cognitive…
Study: Toddlers using ‘screens’ more than 1 hour a day may have lower speech skills
“In addition to the MRI results, excessive screen time was significantly associated with poorer emerging literacy skills and ability to use expressive language, as well as testing lower on the ability to rapidly name objects on cognitive tests” Associations Between Screen-Based Media Use and Brain White Matter Integrity in Preschool-Aged Children John Hutton MD JAMA…
“Picky eater” teen loses vision and hearing due to junk food diet
40% of a typical 2 to 18-year old’s diet consists of “empty calories” (commonly known as “junk food”), and even in the remaining 60 percent of their diet, there are often roadblocks to gaining essential nutrients. Elimination and fad diets often prevent children from meeting daily requirements. Dietary sources of energy, solid fats, and added…
