Resources for families with special needs - page 9

Strutting Their Stuff   We all know that involving our kids in team sports helps keep them physically fit—but what about the mental health benefits? Team sports and dance classes are just as much about communication as they are about fitness. These families demonstrate how…

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Adaptive Sports – Bring the Joy of Team Sports to Athletes of All Abilities When Hunter Pochop was 3 years old, he was an introverted preschooler with spina bifida. During the past five years, Hunter, now 8, has flourished, thanks to his participation in the…

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Looking for help?  Here’s a list of Grants available to families with special needs.  Special thanks to the Kaufman Children’s Center and Itaalk.org for providing us with many of these resources. If you know of others, please send us an email at specialneeds@sandiegofamily.com Access for Athletes: Challenged Athletes Foundation— providing…

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This event is currently closed for submission   San Diego Down Syndrome shared this link with us! Application: Free Day at LEGOLAND for Kids with disabilities. San Diego Down Syndrome is all about kids and education.  They want to tell the world about these heroes that,…

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Five things to know about parents of children with special needs and how you can support them! My husband and I adopted our daughter when she was nine years old. She has a long list of mental health diagnoses. We quickly discovered that parenting a child…

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Keagan Peterson’s first birthday party was a happy occasion—cake, balloons and gifts—but his mom, Stephenie, couldn’t shake the feeling that something was wrong. Keagan, now 6, seemed to be suffering from a major sensory overload. “He didn’t want to touch the frosting on his birthday…

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Some authorities believe that it is strictly a language-processing problem involving the distinguishing of sounds of letters. Others believe that it is a visual/perceptual problem, since these children also reverse words laterally (b/d) and vertically (m/w) as well as scrambling letters (the=het) when they read…

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San Diego Family Magazine has recently release it’s annual publication, Flourishing Families 2014, THE special needs resource guide for families and agencies in San Diego County.   It is a comprehensive list of behavior, education and health resources located here in San Diego County and beyond.  The…

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Kawasaki Disease (KD) is a severe childhood disease that many parents, even some doctors, mistake for an inconsequential viral infection. If not diagnosed or treated in time, it can lead to irreversible heart damage. Signs of KD include prolonged fever associated with rash, red eyes,…

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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) now requires states to provide health care coverage to former foster youth until age 26, regardless of income or resources. More info at http://www.childrennow.org/uploads/documents/Coveredtil26_YouthFlyer.pdf

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