At first glance, this study seems to reveal information that parents who have children with special needs probably already knew. Children who have special needs that relate to medical, emotional, or behavioral issues typically have difficulties at school. The interesting part of the study shows more about how those issues cause problems, and where these problems appear. A study was lead by Dr. Christopher B. Forrest, who is a professor of pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. His team of researchers tracked the progress of over 1,450 students who were in the fourth through sixth grades. These children were from … Continue reading →

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the US Department of Health and Human Services, there are over 500,000 children and youth living in foster care in the US. Of those children, many have disabilities, and have been in foster care for four or more years. Most of these children have been in situations that have left them vulnerable to emotional, behavior and mental disabilities as well. Their chance at a healthy development has been significantly diminished and research depicts them as being in worse health than homeless children are. On average, they have experienced over 14 different risk … Continue reading →

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a childhood condition that we have all heard a lot about over the last 20 years. Families of those with ADHD, however, may have been the only ones who realized that it often comes accompanied by a developmental reading disability (RD). Children who have difficulty reading are often found to have symptoms of ADHD, but the cause for this connection has yet to be discovered. However, a new study printed by the journal Cortex is reporting that the two disorders have common genetic influences. As part of an ongoing study of the causes for … Continue reading →