Special+Kids

=Specific Information on Disabilities and Disorders with emphasis on those with Teaching materials= Always use PERSON FIRST language as the disability does NOT define the child.

ADHD
Students with ADHD [|ADHD] www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/ [|NINDS] ADHD www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/adhd/adhd.htm

Bi-Polar
Students with Bi-Polar disorder [|Bi-polar] www.bpkids.org/

NLD - Nonverbal Learning Disabilities
Students with Nonverbal learning disabilities [|NLD] www.nldontheweb.org/ [|NLDA] www.nlda.org

LD - Learning Disabilities
Students with learning disabiltiies [|LDonline] www.ldonline.org [|Schwab learning] www.schwablearning.org/

ELL & Cultural Diversity
[|NCTE Policy] and resources: www.ncte.org/edpolicy/ell [|NWREL Resources ELL] www.nwrel.org/learns/resources/ell/index.html [|Cultural Diversity and Academic Achievement] www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le0bow.htm [|CLAS] Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services clas.uiuc.edu

Substance Abuse
[|Center for Substance Treatment Abuse] csat.samhsa.gov/ [|Center for Disease Control]www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/

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===[|Mental Illness] from science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih5/mental/guide/info-mental-a.htm ===

Mental Illness in Children and Adolescents
 Mental illness is not uncommon among children and adolescents. Approximately 12 million children under the age of 18 have mental disorders. The National Mental Health Association33 has compiled some statistics about mental illness in children and adolescents:


 * Mental health problems affect one in every five young people at any given time.
 * An estimated two-thirds of all young people with mental health problems are not receiving the help they need.
 * Less than one-third of the children under age 18 who have a serious mental health problem receive any mental health services.
 * As many as 1 in every 33 children may be depressed. Depression in adolescents may be as high as 1 in 8.
 * Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15- to 24-years-olds and the sixth leading cause of death for 5- to 15-year-olds.
 * Schizophrenia is rare in children under age 12, but it occurs in about 3 of every 1,000 adolescents.
 * Between 118,700 and 186,600 youths in the juvenile justice system have at least one mental illness.
 * Of the 100,000 teenagers in juvenile detention, an estimated 60 percent have behavioral, cognitive, or emotional problems.

Warning Signs for Mental Illness
 Each mental illness has its own characteristic symptoms. However, there are some general warning signs that might alert you that someone needs professional help. Some of these signs include


 * marked personality change,
 * inability to cope with problems and daily activities,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">strange or grandiose ideas,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">excessive **anxieties**,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">prolonged depression and apathy,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">marked changes in eating or sleeping patterns,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">thinking or talking about suicide or harming oneself,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">extreme mood swings—high or low,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">abuse of alcohol or drugs, and
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">excessive anger, hostility, or violent behavior.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> A person who shows any of these signs should seek help from a qualified health professional.

===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// [|ADHD] // is one of the most common mental disorders that develop in children. ===

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> (from www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd/index.shtml)


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Impulsiveness: a child who acts quickly without thinking first.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Hyperactivity: a child who can't sit still, walks, runs, or climbs around when others are seated, talks when others are talking.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Inattention: a child who daydreams or seems to be in another world, is sidetracked by what is going on around him or her.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// [|Emotional Behavior Disorders] //
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// from childstats.gov/americaschildren/health3.asp //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">More males than females were reported by a parent to have difficulties. Children ages 15–17 generally had the highest rates of serious emotional or behavioral difficulties.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In 2005, 7 percent of children living below the poverty level had serious emotional or behavioral difficulties, compared with 5 percent of children in near-poor families (those with family incomes of 100–199 percent of the poverty level) and 4 percent of children in non-poor families (those with family incomes of 200 percent or more of the poverty level).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Among the parents of children with serious (definite or severe) difficulties, 81 percent reported contacting a health care provider or school staff about their child's difficulties, 40 percent reported their child was prescribed medication for their difficulties, and 47 percent reported their child had received treatment or help other than medication.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Language Difficulties]
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">from childstats.gov/americaschildren/famsoc5.asp


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">About 6 percent of school-age children spoke a language other than English at home and lived in linguistically isolated households in 2005. A linguistically isolated household is one in which no person age 14 or over either speaks only English at home or speaks another language at home and speaks English "Very well."

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Autism & autism spectrum disorders (ASDs)]
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">from www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/autism/symptoms.shtml <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> ASDs or pervasive developmental disorders range in severity, with autism being the most debilitating form while other disorders, such as Asperger syndrome, produce milder symptoms.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Estimating the prevalence of autism is difficult and controversial due to differences in the ways that cases are identified and defined, differences in study methods, and changes in diagnostic criteria. A recent study reported
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Autism and other ASDs develop in childhood and generally are diagnosed by age three.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Autism is about four times more common in boys than girls. Girls with the disorder, however, tend to have more severe symptoms and greater cognitive impairment.