Life in Afghanistan for a teacher and her students

Nargis teaches 4th-6th-grade language arts at Abdul Rahim Shaheed school in Dasht-e-Barchi. She explains that her students often miss school because they are afraid to leave their homes. Many of her students have lost family members to bombings

“My sister Nargis Turkmani was born and raised i

Zen in care and support for new children who have disabilities

'The child is just a child and not singled out as something very different. The parents are just parents without having to be therapists'

We can use the word ‘Zen’ in two ways. There is the Zen of the Japanese tea ceremony which can be practised by people in all walks of life. Then there is t

Limbrick’s Primary Interventionist Model for supporting families of babies and infants who have disabilities and special needs – a natural approach sensitive to children and families

Baby Megan was born into a loving family with two parents (both of whom say they had been slow learners at school) and a caring but exhausted maternal grandmother. Baby M’s diagnosis included developmental delay with probable cerebral palsy and intellectual disability. This very anxious mother had l

A teen with autism is locked in solitary confinement and being fed through a hatch. Have we really moved on from Bedlam? (UK)

“Beth has autism, suffers extreme anxiety and cannot cope with stress – yet instead of being helped to enjoy life she is shut away”

The heading and quote above and the following extracts are from an article by Ian Birrell in the i newspaper on 7^th October:

“She is obese from inactivity and

Have you been told that your child is too young to have a continence assessment?

‘health authorities shouldn’t make children wait until they reach a certain age…’

From Cerebra website (UK):

Has your local continence team told you that your child isn’t old enough to have a continence assessment? Our new template letter could help you to make a complaint.

Our Legal Entitlements an

Concussion Management for Children Has Changed!

New and Improved CanChild Concussion Protocols

From CanChild:

Child specific ‘Return to Activity’ guidelines, which are more conservative than adult guidelines, were developed to guide management when youth sustain a concussion.

Implementation of these new pediatric specific recommendations is an im

Adam and the primary interventionist way of working

'Parents who had survived months feeling unsupported now felt confused, overwhelmed and overloaded'

Adam’s first weeks were in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). He had loving parents and an older sister.His multifaceted condition included cerebral palsy, sensory impairment, inability to suck an

Infant-parent attachment when a child comes with very special needs

Research has shown that the shared experience of joy and play between parent and child plays an important part in development.*

Peter Limbrick writes: In TAC Bulletin earlier this month, I asked for help in finding information about attachment issues when a baby or infant has very special needs. I h