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Special Needs Blog Week in Review – May 20 – 26, 2012

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Each week, the Special Needs Blog Week in Review gives you a quick summary of all of the blogs that appeared here in the past seven days. This makes it easier for you to find the blogs you missed and the ones that you didn’t have time to read when they first went up. The Special Needs Podcast Roundup went up on May 21, 2012. This week, I’d like to point out an episode of CNN’s Sanjay Gupta, MD that was released on May 14, 2012. The episode is called “Should We Diagnose Kids Pre-Psychotic?” Dr. Gupta discusses the changes … Continue reading →

Many Babies With Developmental Delays are Untreated

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A study finds that one out of every three infants with developmental delays are not getting the treatment they require. This is because doctors are not referring all infants that meet the criteria for acceptance into an early intervention service to these programs. The reasons why are unknown. How can a doctor discover whether or not an infant has developmental delays? There is a test of developmental skills that can be preformed. Babies who score well below average on these tests are considered to be at a high risk for having developmental delays. Infants who spent time in the neonatal … Continue reading →