When we want to go to the store, most of us lace up our sneakers, grab our car keys and head out the door. But for people with intellectual disabilities living in residential group homes and supported ...

For dedicated staff, Compass is a special place to work. Employees have opportunities to learn new skills, work with ...

For the nearly 60% of Wisconsin's youths who say they've dealt with at least one mental health challenge in the last year, prioritizing academic success and social connections may fall to the wayside ...

Although the home environment is known to influence behavior problems in children with developmental disabilities (DD), the precise contributions of specific domains remained unquantified, hindering ...

For people with autism—especially those with intellectual disabilities, or others with extensive support needs—communicating needs and ideas can be difficult. Many rely on intense individualized ...

After years of tacitly endorsing the only facility in the country known to use electric shocks to address behavior in those with developmental disabilities, a major behavior analysis organization is ...

The pandemic has revealed some truths: A lack of mental health providers to sufficiently meet the needs of those in crisis (including providers of color); and the stress that COVID-19 has introduced ...

(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- In light of a recent shift in national policy, families and educators are grappling with changes to how special education is managed and enforced across the ...

On July 19, 2022, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) released several guidance documents concerning the ...

One of the foundations of federal special education law is that students with disabilities should be educated “to the maximum extent appropriate” with their peers who do not have disabilities. But ...