Getting kids to sit down, focus and learn their schoolwork is an age-old problem. Today, parents face the added challenge of cell phones, portable music devices like iPods, and the many distractions of the World Wide Web. There are so many things that can pull your kids’ attention away from what needs to get done for school. How can you help them focus and succeed?

Getting kids to sit down, focus and learn their schoolwork is an age-old problem. Today, parents face the added challenge of cell phones, portable music devices like iPods, and the many distractions of the World Wide Web. There are so many things that can pull your kids’ attention away from what needs to get done for school. How can you help them focus and succeed?

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The purpose of the PDA 4 Memory Project is to provide training materials for individuals living with brain injuries. Training relates to the use of PDAs and smartphones as memory/cognitive prosthetic devices. The training materials include books, videos, and booklets designed with the specific needs of those living with brain injury in mind.

ASDs are a group of developmental disabilities that can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges. CDC estimates that an average of 1 in 150 children in the U.S have an ASD.  CDC is working to find out how many children have ASDs, discover the risk factors, and raise awareness of the signs.

FASDs are 100% preventable if a woman does not drink alcohol during pregnancy.  There is no known safe amount of alcohol to drink while pregnant.  There is also no safe time during pregnancy to drink and no safe kind of alcohol.

This knowledge path about caring for children and youth with special health care needs has been compiled by the Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University. It offers a selection of current, high-quality resources that analyze data, describe effective programs, and report on policy and research aimed at developing systems of care that are family-centered, community-based, coordinated, and culturally competent. A separate section lists resources for families. The final part of the knowledge path presents resources that address specific aspects of care and development, such as advocacy, early intervention and education, financing services, rehabilitation, screening, and transition. This knowledge path for health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, educators, researchers, and families will be updated periodically.

Churches, synagogues, mosques and temples are places where people with disabilities might not expect to feel excluded, isolated or patronized. Yet that has often been the norm. For years congregations have effectively excluded the disabled from worship—by steps, narrow doorways and straitened attitudes—or segregated them in "special" services. Houses of worship (except those with more than 15 employees) were excluded from the 1992 Americans with Disabilities Act, which, among other things, bars discrimination against people with physical or intellectual disabilities—including access and architectural barriers—in public accommodations and transportation.

* FDA approves extended-release hyperactivity drug * Intuniv to go on sale in November in U.S.

The 36-year-old Briton is a quadriplegic who can only move her head, eyes and mouth and needs to rely on carers for almost every need. In spite of these restrictions she became the first disabled woman to sail solo around Britain Monday scoring a victory against the rare degenerative illness she has suffered from since age 11.

The State Database provides resources on a number of topics related to response to intervention (RTI). The resources, which range from policy documents and briefs to trainings and tools, were developed by states, districts, or territories, in the U.S. who are in different stages of implementing Response to Intervention.

Immunizations play a vital role in the health of the nation's children. To answer parents' questions about their children's vaccines, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers a collection of interviews with pediatricians, researchers, advocates and other parents.

For the sixth consecutive summer, Microsoft Corporation and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) are proud to offer a summer internship program designed specifically for college and university students with disabilities interested in careers in information technology.

National PTA seeks to demonstrate t the value and impact of family engagement on student success.  The Best Practices and Innovation Issue Briefs will help you reinforce that message when speaking with federal and state policy makers and educational leaders in your states. The Federal Policy Issue Briefs are intended to educate PTA members and families about current federal laws within National PTA’s policy priorities.

To help child advocates speak up for the health and well-being of all children, National PTA has created an online advocacy toolkit. From writing your legislators to scheduling Capitol Hill visits, these step-by-step directions and examples will help you reach out to policy makers and the media.

The booming audiobook industry offers a dizzying array of choices for schools and libraries. What will best serve our children—digital download services? Playaways? MP3 discs? CDs? What hardware should we buy? Will we need to supply e-book text readers such as the Kindle DX? How do we balance shrinking budgets with the needs of students, especially those on Individualized Education Plans (IEPs)?

You may download the field guide to more than 300 fishing access sites located on Montana’s streams, rivers, and lakes. This popular program provides public access to high quality waters for angling, boating, rafting, and other recreation opportunities (click image on right).

You may download the field guide to more than 300 fishing access sites located on Montana’s streams, rivers, and lakes.

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The Interactive Autism Network (IAN) initiative is the United States' largest online autism research project. Thousands of families across the country are answering questionnaires, over the web and from the comfort of home, about their child's diagnosis, treatments, and school placement. The project accelerates autism research not only by creating a shared national collection of autism data, but also by helping families find out about research studies being conducted in their area, eliminating one of the biggest bottlenecks in autism research: the time it takes for researchers to find study participants.

It's unusual for people with autism to go to college, but Chris Fitzmaurice has started graduate school at UNCC. He's specializing in clinical exercise physiology. “I don't look at (autism) as a disability,” he said. If it means he has to work harder, he figures it only makes him stronger.

Last month, the 23-year-old started graduate school at UNC Charlotte, where he's pursuing a degree in clinical exercise physiology. The goal is to help others heal through physical activity.

The ability to communicate was a major step forward for Dung Le, who has severe cerebral palsy and can't control much of his movements aside from opening and closing his mouth. Professor Tom Chau of the University of Toronto has developed a new technology that allows his patient to finally express himself in words, and it could soon help hundreds of thousands of people across North America with severe mobility problems.

Dung Le, who has cerebral palsy, said his first word in June. ‘I’m so happy,’ his mother, Yen Nguyen, says. J.P. MOCZULSKI/THE GLOBE AND MAIL $('#lead-photo').hover(function() { $('#lead-caption').slideDown(300); }, function() { $('#lead-caption').slideUp(300); }); Dung Le can make sounds, but trying to form words requires so much effort that his whole body breaks out in a sweat. A new infrared technology has made it easier for him to express himself

DENISE HOWARD no longer needs to ask someone to tell her the charge on her electric bill, to read back what's written on a menu, or to check her seat assignment on an airplane.