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Welcome to specialneedsnurse.org!
I hope to provide a place for nurses, teachers and parents to find links, articles, continuing education on various developmental disabilities such as mental retardation, autism spectrum disorder, pdd, Rett's syndrome, Asperger's syndrome and so many more. I hope to also provide a place to chat and exchange information regarding nursing, parenting, and teaching problems/issues of children and adults with special needs on the (Click on Bulletin board-) Bulletin Board. Upcoming conferences on Autism, developmental disabilities now posted on the bulletin board. Please register.
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I will also include articles written by myself and others on various subjects related to this topic. Any article or news item not written by me, the author and source will be sited at the top of the article and permission has been granted to use the material. If you have any questions about anything posted on this web site or you have any objections please notify me.
ASD, Developmental Disabilities- News page click below
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Click on "bulletin board" above and then click on "member list"then go to special1 and leave a private message (pm). Or leave a message on the bulletin board in one of the forums.
Annoucement
For further information, please contact Ann Smith, MSN, RN, CDDN, Editor, via email asmith4@comcast.net.
The E.K. Shiver Center at the UMASS Medical School is developing course content for training of nurses of children with ASD and their families
The E.K. Shriver Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School has a long history of service, training and research in the field of developmental disabilities. We are currently developing course content for nurses to assist them in providing services and resource information for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and their families.
Also New
New links added daily. On the News and Views page many new articles and Autism research studies link -research studies listed. New pages have been added to this web site such as a medication page, communication page, parent advocacy page, autism research page, Groups and Research page etc. Scroll down to see many web rings, nursing top sites list button and autism top site list button. Click on them to find more information and links. Please vote for my site- click on the nurses lists and autism buttons to vote. Check it out.
Look at the search page many links have been added to find information on many health problems. Such as the HighBeam link for research. Also see the healthlinks and emedicine search engines at the bottom of the page.
I will be hosting a chat on the chat page on this web site soon. Come and join me.
On the bulletin board- Check out sensory issues and Autism, a nursing problem and many new research studies
New forums added- Autism, Syndromes, Seizure disorders, ADD/ADHD, Questions, Vent, Vitamins and social security disability problems. New information posted on medication for PDD.
On the Autism forum: School Health Office- How do I exam or give medications to ASD student? Read the post. Post a response.
Read this on the Autism Forum.
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Children ASD have sensory intergration problems.
These problems may be in the tactile, visual or touch areas.
Therefore approaching this child needs to be thought out before the first visit to the school nurses office.
Questions to ask........................
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