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7 Tips On How To Write A Research Paper

There are various tasks accomplished by students in various academic standards and Research Paper writing is among those most complicated tasks provided to students. Below you will find out the fundamentals of writing custom research papers which can actually win an “A” grade for you… 1. Make sure that the selected view point of your custom research paper is the same of your supervisor’s viewpoint or else the probability of getting a nice grade is… Continue

Added by Dianna Rose on February 10, 2010 at 9:19am — No Comments

Sensory Integration mentioned on TV last night on the show, "Brothers and Sisters"

'On ABC last night on the show ;Brothers and Sisters; they discuss in the episode Sensory Ingration. You can go to ABC's website, go to that show and download the episode and see it. It is near the end, if not this is what is mention....The science fair also proved educational for Justin, whose med school adviser recommended that he drop out because even if he managed to get off academic probation and graduate, he may never pass the boards and get to practice. Rebecca spotted an exhibit on senso… Continue

Added by Sandra Strembicki on January 11, 2010 at 2:33pm — No Comments

Want to buy Belgau Board

Does anyone know where I can by a Learning Breakthrough Kit/ Belgau Board for Less $$$$$$$$ ???? Continue

Added by Sandra Strembicki on August 18, 2009 at 3:17pm — 1 Comment

Daughter with SPD too sensitive to wear socks or underwear

My daughter is 4 and can't stand wearing underwear or socks. We've tried different styles and sizes of underwear even boys. Was wondering if anyone has the same problem and if they make seamless socks for children? Continue

Added by Teresa Lewis on August 14, 2009 at 9:43pm — 1 Comment

NO GLUTTEN DIET - AMAZING RESULTS

Hey All! Of course all of us have heard of the No Glutten-No Casin diet.. but as I'm reading about it.. I'm SHOCKED that it's not more OUT THERE .. and that Doctors aren't up on this stuff.. According to the book, "Living Glutten Free for Dummies" by Danna Korn, the Human digestive systems can't handle wheat.. as much as we give it anyway. Cows- have 4 stomachs.. but us.. only 1 - and here is the list of things that happen to people who have a glutten sensitivity - or Celiac disease and are un… Continue

Added by Mary Gardner on June 29, 2009 at 12:35pm — 1 Comment

Our Children Can Learn

Dear Parents, I would like to send a message to our communities about the abuse that is still happening to our special needs individuals in general and how we must put an end to it. Most of this abuse is due to the fact that our educators are not properly trained and supervised. This is unacceptable and needs to change immediately. I also would like to send a message about how many of our children that have been cheated out of a proper education. I would like to help educators to take a major… Continue

Added by Suzanne Schwarz on June 25, 2009 at 4:55pm — 2 Comments

New Therapy clinic and OT's for the boys!

Finally,we got our ot evaluationregarding the boys,I showed them to their current therapist,and she was surprised that they didn't use the sipt test,they used a mat test I think it was.I'm not sure the difference,but I'm glad that they'll be going to the clinic for therapy,and they'll finally each have their own therapists,so it should definitly be a big help to them. Not sure what this means for when school starts in the fall,as I haven't heard anything yet.I'm hoping this means they'll have a… Continue

Added by Donna E on June 21, 2009 at 7:21pm — 2 Comments

Public or Private School?

This is the start of the summer and my new job is to find a solution for our son's school issues. This past year, he was in second grade. He did fine in his grades. He regularly did his homework. But he got sent out of the classroom nearly every day. The teachers knew he needed space to get himself together. He's making noises, talking out loud when it's supposed to be quiet and distracting the other kids. Hearing that your child is causing so much disruption is stressful enough, but hearing t… Continue

Added by Mary Gardner on June 9, 2009 at 10:38am — 3 Comments

Movie King Corn - eye opening movie about how America has shifted to high fructose corn syrup as our main sweetener

We recently saw the movie King Corn - eye opening movie about how America has shifted to high fructose corn syrup as our main sweetener - http://tinyurl.com/rxg2al Summary: Two friends with one year to spare and a deep curiosity about the American food distribution system set out to grow and acre of corn and see what becomes of their crop in director Aaron Woolf's agricultural-themed documentary. Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis are best friends from college who have decided to move from the east coas… Continue

Added by Sway Ciaramello on June 4, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Sharing A Couple of Really Cool and Useful Sites

Hi All, I thought some of you might have an interest in these sites or perhaps passing them along. The first link is the website for the film, “Autistic-Like: Graham’s Story” - http://www.autisticlike.com/ . The site and the trailer are beautiful and Erik Linthorst has done a wonderful job explaining what I have bumbled and stumbled around for years trying to do. I ordered the DVD yesterday. There are 3 versions of the DVD – home use,… Continue

Added by Craig Walker on May 28, 2009 at 5:30pm — 3 Comments

NEW RESEARCH ON SPD, AUTISM and ADHD

HYPERBARIC OXYGEN CHAMBER TREATMENT FOR AUTISM? A study of 56 U.S. children with autism finds those treated with oxygen in a hyperbaric chamber had greater improvements in overall functioning, social interaction, eye contact, and sensory awareness than did children in a control group. Researchers say this is the first controlled study to test the effects of hyperbaric treatment on children with autism. Children were treated in the chamber for 1 hour at a time – twice a day for 4 weeks -- but onl… Continue

Added by Mary Gardner on May 21, 2009 at 10:36am — No Comments

Frustration levels have grown...

My son, a first grader in public school, has had a challenging year, at best. The teacher and support team did not understand or grasp the reality of what it means to be a child with SPD. I attempted to educate them, share resources, explain how to work with him, and daily I would get the negative reports. He was melting down at situations that seemed petty to teachers and staff, acting defiant, not completing his work, and having difficulty developing peer relationships. I obtained a 504 plan… Continue

Added by Nicole Senff on May 14, 2009 at 2:33pm — 4 Comments

New Member

Hi, I am a new member to the spdparent support group but have a son who is almost 17 years old. He is a sensory poster child. I am learning more about him each day and think I may have touched on some of the underlying reasons for his extreme sensory problems. I hope to solve these issues in the next several months and will report my findings but not until then. I am a strong believer in the over/under methylated child. Continue

Added by Marianne Mancone on April 20, 2009 at 7:43am — 5 Comments

Where to begin.. I have bbg triplets, they are five years old and all three have been dx with SPD

It has been a long journey but I am finaly at a point that I want to discuss it and reach out to other parents. I think I have been in denial for all this time. our main blog is here. http://douglaskaliejohnmichael.blogspot.com/ I will update you girls her as well on our journey. Continue

Added by Rose M Pagel on April 19, 2009 at 6:55pm — 1 Comment

Family Tree?

Hi Everyone! I was curious if any parents (especially those whom have been through OT ) have been able to notice sensory issues in family members? My mother has always related with my daughter when it comes to being hyper sensitive to touch. She recalls the knifing pain of having her hair brushed, always wearing long sleeves even on hot days. She loves to read but can't without falling asleep, so she munches very salty "alerting" snacks. She claims she runs to read so she does'nt get pudgy from… Continue

Added by Heather Craven on April 19, 2009 at 1:24pm — 4 Comments

The End of A Long Day

Just wrapping up another long day. I worked until 7pm went to the sitters grabbed the kids came home got them settled and pajamafied and whew I am wore out!!! I am so excited I will be working my last day tomorrow and be able to come home and be full time mommy again!!! Lillian is doing pretty good this week she is fighting all her urges and I am so proud of her!!! I am so impressed by how much she pushes herself with out any type of prompting she amazes me so much!!! I can honestly say that SPD… Continue

Added by Misty McClamrock on April 3, 2009 at 10:16pm — 1 Comment

Growing pain for parents too!

I finally had to learn to let go. You know our SPD kids require so much! Hands on training, managing tight, predictable schedules, trouble-shooting, being calm and consistant, trying to look beyond temper tantrums to find the root causes, challenge them and encouraging them to do things that to be honest make them uncomfortable. All of this and then trying to stay on the school time table! We parents in our love and deep devotion to our kids happiness tap into parts of ourselves, our strength, o… Continue

Added by Heather Craven on April 1, 2009 at 12:40pm — 2 Comments

An Email I Just Sent To The President of The United States

"Give a hug to a child/person with special needs/challenges. You will receive more love in return than you can shake a stick at! ;)" This is the post on my Twitter and facebook pages. It is a re-post is in honor of President Obama's major "foot in mouth" faux pas the other day. "If you have a child with special needs, you understand the struggles that he/she must overcome. And, you also understand that, even though we try to mainstream them, they are not truly accepted by their peers.… Continue

Added by Craig Walker on March 20, 2009 at 5:30am — 2 Comments

ADD? ADHD? SPD? OCD? PDD? APD?

Yah.. no joke.. I actually know what each of those mean!!! And those of us who have been dealing with some of these "labels" for a long time probably are hearing the ADHD one the most. The thing that I have found SO fascinating, by joining other ADHD sites or visiting the AUTISM sites, is that there are TONS and TONS and TONS of people who just accept the ADHD label and medicate their childs in the traditional model. I am DEFINITELY in favor of medicine if it will help. We've all been on meds… Continue

Added by Mary Gardner on March 14, 2009 at 9:32pm — 4 Comments

Contest is Over...Calling all Twitter Birds - Red Alert! Priority 1!

Well, folks. I gave it a shot and lost. It just wasn't in the cards... The winning Tweet was: "BrentSpiner#1 RT @joshwanamaker: @BrentSpiner STOP IT PLEASE MY BRAIN, OH GOD MY BRAIN!" With Brent's 500th Tweet, @joshwanamaker chose to tell over 117,000 followers: BrentSpiner RT @joshwanamaker: "It's a good Data die!" So, I guess this is another example of how hard it is to get our message out. And, how amazing it is to see what messages actually do catch the attention of others… Continue

Added by Craig Walker on March 13, 2009 at 3:30pm — 3 Comments

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