Developmentally Challenged Children

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 		Back to School for Down Syndrome Kids
The child with Down syndrome can easily become frustrated and overwhelmed with a change in routine. A visit to school can help the child predict what will happen.
Kids with Language Delays Make Father's Day Gift
Father's Day is fast approaching. Consider letting the child with language delays create a gift booklet with sentence patterns.
Teach the Developmentally Delayed Child to Cook
The child with Down syndrome or another form of developmental delay can learn basic cooking skills with the proper visual aids and supervision.
Strengthen Facial Muscles in Special Needs Kids
Parents and caregivers can encourage kids with developmental delays to talk with March-themed activities that strengthen speech muscles.
How to Make Sensory Integration Christmas Cards
The holidays provide an opportunity to create keepsake cards for family and friends while addressing the child's reluctance to touch uncommon textures.
Improve Cooperation from Down Syndrome Teen
These strategies will help to decrease stubborn behavior and can build cooperation with a child with Down syndrome long before the teen years arrive.
Visual Discrimination Activities
Children with cognitive delays can practice visual discrimination with a game made of stickers and poster board.
Living Skills -Sorting Groceries
Putting groceries away in some organized fashion is a part of life. This functional skill is important for kids with cognitive delays because of the benefits in other are
Delayed Kids and Table Manners
Parents of children with learning difficulty often struggle with teaching things at home.
House Chores, Math, and Reading
Parents of children and tweens with developmental delays try to teach basic living skills as well as academics.