These Are the Biggest Benefits of Learning a Second Language as a Child
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Raising kids to speak more than one language can offer them several benefits.
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The Elephant In The Room: Impact Of Visual-Spatial Deficits In Children With Learning Disabilities And Why It Goes Untreated
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Children with visual spatial processing deficits present unique learning challenges that are often undetected by parents and teachers, yet result in significant impairments.
Read MoreAge of Learning’s Latest Is a $100 Million Educational Game
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How much does it cost to build educational games with all the flair and polish of their commercial counterparts? $10 million? $13 million?
Try $100 million. That’s roughly how much Age of Learning estimates it will have spent by the end of this year on “Adventure Academy,” a multiplayer online game to teach elementary- and middle-school age children subjects including math, social studies and language arts. The game, publicly available today, works on web browsers and iOS and Android mobile devices.
For more information about the game, please refer to this article. For a direct link to “Adventure Academy,” please click here.
Read MoreHigh-Functioning Autistic Teens Benefit From Friendship Training Program.→
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High-functioning teens with autism exhibited significant improvement in social functioning following a 14-week treatment intervention, in a recent preliminary study. The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS), the intervention that was used, is an evidence-based, parent-assisted social-skills training program developed by Elizabeth A. Laugeson, PsyD, and Fred Frankel, PhD, at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Read MoreAutism In Teens - Teaching Social Skills Pays Off.→
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In 2006, the UCLA Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) clinic was established in order to help high functioning adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) improve their social skills to fit in better with their peers at school.
Read MoreHow to Find a Best Friend.→
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It is harder for children to form lasting friendships; rising screen time and lots of activities get in the way.
Read MoreClass helps autistic teens refine social skills. →
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"A lot of our kids need a tune-up. They need new skills to help them survive in their new social world," said clinical psychologist Elizabeth Laugeson of the University of California, Los Angeles, who runs a 3 1/2-month friendship program for high-functioning autistic teens like Andrea.
Read MoreTeaching Autistic Teens To Make Friends.→
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A special class designed at UCLA for teens with autism spectrum disorders a range of developmental disorders that consist of problems with communication and socialization helped the teens' overall social skills and interactions with their peers.
Read MoreUCLA program improves social skills for autistic teens.→
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The UCLA PEERS program has assisted high functioning teens with autism by teaching them the strategies they need to improve relating to their peers.
Read MoreCan Joey Make a Friend?→
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Going to the Movies, Hanging Out with Pals -Joey Hersholt, 17, Never Knew the Simple Rituals Teens Take for Granted. Then He Entered a Program at UCLA-and Life Began to Change.
Read MoreFor Kids With Concussions, Less Time Alone in a Dark Room
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a major new guideline on diagnosing and managing head injuries in children on Sept. 4, the product of years of work and extensive evidence review by a large working group of specialists in fields ranging from emergency medicine and epidemiology to sports injuries to neurology and neurosurgery.
The guideline, which is the first from the C.D.C. that is specific to mild brain injury in children, advises against the long recovery period, isolated in a dark, quiet room, that has sometimes been used in treatment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/17/well/family/children-concussions-brain-injuries-cdc-guidelines.html
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