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Disability: A Reflection
Since becoming a disability studies minor, my conceptions of disability have radically evolved.
Category: Disability
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Minority Representation in Special Education: Untangling A Decades-Old Debate
The status of racial, cultural, and linguistic minority students in special education remains one of the most hotly debated topics in the field of educational justice today.
Categories: Disability, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Policy
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Expanding Child Tax Credit
This expansion essentially provides a guaranteed income for families with children, a proposal that seemed improbable in the US, especially after the government’s former cash assistance program
Categories: Development and Learning, Policy
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Early Childhood Learning – Brain Science and the Effects of Stress and Trauma
For a developing child, the value of family-centered care and the impacts of trauma on childhood learning are linked.
Categories: Development and Learning, Early Childhood
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Physician as Advocate
The responsibility of a physician is not limited to just providing medical care.
Category: Policy
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Applying Brain Science and the Effects of Stress and Trauma on the Practice of Speech and Language Pathology
Because stress and trauma can hinder a child’s development, the child may not communicate their wants and needs effectively.
Categories: Development and Learning, Early Childhood, Intervention
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Positive Relationships in Response to Stress Help to Promote Healthy Development
Toxic stress situations affect negatively healthy development because the lack of positive relationships
Categories: Development and Learning, Early Childhood
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Service Coordination and Early Intervention DEC/ITCA Joint Position Statement Executive Summary
Service coordination is an essential EI service that, along with other educational and therapeutic services, has an equal and impactful role in the experience of families.
Categories: Disability, Early Childhood, Policy
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The Parenting Support Program (PSP) and COVID 19: The Home Visitors Perspective
As a home visitor who typically meets the parents in natural environments, finding new ways to communicate was perhaps the greatest challenge.
Categories: Development and Learning, Disability, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Intervention
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The Parenting Support Program (PSP) and COVID 19: Programmatic Perspective
The Parenting Support Program (PSP) is a home visiting program intended to meet the unique educational and support needs of pregnant/parenting adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities with children up to kindergarten or 5 years of age.
Categories: Development and Learning, Disability, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Policy