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Updated Feb 09, 2010

Q: How Do I Change an IEP That I Already Signed?    —Groton, MA

"Hi moms! My 3 year old has a speech delay, so much in fact that 99% of people cant understand a word he says. In J..."

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That sounds really strange to me. My daughter is three as well, and is completely up to par on everything except for speech (she says only a handful of words). Once ...

Hello, I am a SAHM, with a degree in SPED, a former teacher and have a 3 yr old son who too has speech and is preschool. My son receives speech through the school dep...

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Q: How Do You Potty Train a Boy with Developmental Delays    —Clarksburg, MD

"Hello, I have a 3 year old boy with global developmental delays. He does not use a lot of verbal communication howe..."

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Hi D., Although I have not potty trained anyone with delays like your son, I do have a suggestion. When I was working in the potty training classes in day care, I us...

These are all great suggestions. I would like to add something. Have you tried using some simple sign language. I used it with my 3rd daughter when she was not talking...

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Q: Help for Learning Disabled Son    —Alvarado, TX

"Hi Moms, you are so helpful on such a wide variety of topics that I thought maybe you could help me with my family's ..."

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We have a son with similar disability. He is now 38 y/o and works for WalMart. He recently was approved to draw SSI, which supplements his income with WalMart. They ar...

Hi J., I would love to talk to you more about the specifics of your son's symptoms. The DORE program is extremely effective and remediating lots of different le...

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Q: 4 Yo Boy on the Spectrum    —Houston, TX

"My friend's young son has a developmental disability and is somewhere on the autism spectrum (to keep this short, I w..."

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She is unwilling to do anything, then leave it up to the school system. As soon as he does the testing for kindergarten they will see the issue at hand and help take ...

Hello E.- I have a 7 year old on the spectrum and I know all about denial. My son was 4 1/2 when diagnosed and the signs were there for about a year before I made ...

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Q: Developmental Dyspraxia    —Garden City, MI

"My son was diagnosed with ADHD and developmental dyspraxia. The diagnosis of the dyspraxia just occured earlier this..."

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Hi N.! While it is very hard to see your children go thru these things, with a diagnosis your efforts can be more targeted and effective...so that's a good thing! ...

pay close attention to the following info....I had my son in speech therapy by the time he was 2 years old for being language delayed....I feel that one on one attenti...

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Q: 5 Year Old with SPD    —Greene, ME

"My son who turned five in January was found to have a sensory processing disorder after an eval last september. He go..."

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M., I would keep pursuing. You can't go wrong, the earlier the intervention the better outlook. If its nothing then he will only get better and you will have gained...

I too have a 4 1/2 year old with SPD. He was diagnosed early at 1 yr old because of his weird eating habits. His sensory is not so much tags and seams on socks -the ty...

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Q: Building/Gaining Muscle Tone    —Troy, OH

"What sort of at-home activities do you do with your child to build muscle tone?"

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hi - there is no way to permanently change your child’s muscle tone. Neurologically, muscle tone cannot be changed under voluntary control, regardless of exercise...

Most kids just need regular play based activities like running and climbing. Keep in mind that chidren are not able to build muscle mass and should not do weight lift...

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Q: Developmentally Behind    —Grover, NC

"My 13-month old son was evaluted for developmental issues. To sum this all up, in most areas he's behind developmenta..."

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I love this saying. "All children are gifted. Some just open their presents later than others." Don't worry about your son. He doesn't sound like he's that far...

Talk as much as possible. Maybe look into teaching him some signs to get him to communicate. I think at that age, the only thing my son would say was bye. His langu...

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Q: Tax Deduction for Special Needs Child    —Portland, OR

"Hey Moms, I am about to do my taxes and am trying to find a way to deduct special ABA therapy and services we have..."

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Hi K., I'm not a tax advisor but we do have a special needs child that we pay a lot of out of pocket expenses for. Do you itemize? If so you can deduct all sort...

I do not personally know the answer but I can tell you that if you call the IRS, they are very helpful with these type of questions and pleasant :) Good luck

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Q: Need Help ASAP    —Los Angeles, CA

"I everyone I need some help please. I have a wonderful child but I am afraid that there is something wrong and I don'..."

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Hi S., You will probably get a lot of responses with similar advice, but if your pediatrician is not concerned about it, there's a good chance that everything is ok...

Hi S., What are your concerns? Does your Pediatrician express the same concerns? I would take my child for a check up with his primary doctor and talk to them first...

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