Who Is Qualified to Diagnose Autism Spectrum Disorder?
If you suspect your child may have autism spectrum disorder, your first plan of action will be to seek out a highly-qualified professional for potential diagnosis and subsequent therapies. In [...]
5 Books About Neurobehavioral Development to Read This Year
The winter months provide an ideal opportunity to read one of the many valuable books available on neurobehavioral development, but it isn’t always easy for parents of children with special [...]
Are Boys Reading Less Than Girls?
Years of research has found that boys tend to enjoy reading far less than girls. Even beyond simply enjoying reading, these studies have consistently shown a large gap between the [...]
Are We Teaching Reading the Wrong Way?
Reading is one of the most essential life skills that a child learns in school, but statistics from the National Assessment of Educational Progress have shown that a third of [...]
Autism Is On the Rise
Over the past ten years, studies from the Center of Disease Control (or CDC) have indicated an increase of over 50% in autism diagnoses among children in the United States. [...]
Avoiding Sensory Overload During the Holidays
It’s easy to forget, as the hustle and bustle of the holiday season gets underway, that children and adults with sensory processing and attention disorders, as well as anxiety and [...]