Getting a Special Needs Break

Getting a Special Needs Break

Parents of children with developmental disabilities rarely get a break. Sometimes, it is not even possible to have a child watched for a couple of hours while shopping, taking care of your own health, seeing to the needs of other children, or running household...
FDA Warning About Autism Treatment

FDA Warning About Autism Treatment

The FDA took the time, this week (4/2017), to sound an alarm about their notion of potentially dangerous off-label ASD treatments, by issuing, “Autism: Beware of Potentially Dangerous Therapies and Products”. The consumer update begins, “One thing...
Getting the Most from Behavioral Therapies

Getting the Most from Behavioral Therapies

The ever-increasing number of children who experience significant developmental problems requires a proportional addition of skilled professionals for assessment and intervention. At The Child Development Center, we have noted the emergence of certain patterns...
Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs Spring 2017 Conference

Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs Spring 2017 Conference

If practitioners wish to become more effective in the diagnosis and treatment of children who suffer developmental challenges, it will require a new paradigm. Therefore, attending conferences, such as the Simons Foundation for Autism Research, the Autism Research...
Observations on an Autism Workshop

Observations on an Autism Workshop

March 5, 2017. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to be part of a panel for the South Florida Autism Charter Schools’ medical workshop. In attendance were ~50 parents, and a group of 9 professionals; including dentists, a pediatric neurologist, an Ob-Gyn, a...