Gaging whether your child is going through the normal hormonal insanity of growing up or whether there is something genuinely wrong with them can be one of the toughest observations for a parent to make. Knowing what the w...read more
What's Normal - What's Not As children progress into adolescence, the hormonal changes taking place can be very difficult for them to cope with. Often, such intense mood issues occur that it...read more
by Steve Martin
This is a highly interesting article title. I have worked with Special Needs pupils for many years and taken training courses in everything from Dyslexia to Asperger's Syndrome. I do not mention this to "beat my own drum",...read more
Mood issues in children are not a cause for alarm, unless you identity some disturbing patterns. Self abuse, sudden weight gain, difficulty in getting to sleep, agitation and disruptive behavior that escalates over a perio...read more
by C Davison
All children have moods, and days when nothing makes them happy. That does not make them special needs children. Normal children have mood swings like we do, and how they handle them is up to us. We regulate the way the...read more
by Jeanne
When it comes to specific differences between a child that has special needs and a child that is developing typically, a parent or guardian has to look at not only development milestones for children's age groups but ...read more
Many children's special needs derive from the household that they live in. Parents often don't want to live up to the fact that they have their children living in unstructured and unpredictable households. I have two sons...read more
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