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Peters, Sarika U.; Chu, Hillary – Exceptional Parent, 2010
Nationwide, more than 13.5 million children have special healthcare needs and with increases in the prevalence and diagnosis of development disabilities, this number can be expected to increase in the coming years. For any child with special needs, it is very important that they have a medical home from which all services can be coordinated. The…
Descriptors: Child Health, Special Needs Students, Health Services, Therapy
MacDonald, Sarah; Gatto, Molly; Walker, Deb; Turchi, Renee – Exceptional Parent, 2007
This is the first article in a year long series that presents the experiences of a fictitious couple, Amita and Samir, as they learn to adapt to the reality of having a premature baby with special needs. Doris, the fictitious nurse who took care of baby Anjali in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), has had ten years of experience working in…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Child Health, Child Rearing, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
Waldman, H. Barry; Perlman, Steven P. – Exceptional Parent, 2006
Parents and grandparents, just like everyone else, are ready to extol (maybe even exaggerate) the attributes and accomplishments of their offspring. The need to respond to accomplishments is essential for the sake of the special child and his/her parents. In their zeal to reassure and encourage one's own special child, it is easy to deny the…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Health Insurance, National Surveys, Access to Health Care