Teacher Needs and Relevant Factors for Teaching <i>Jiritsu-Katsudo</i> in Special Needs Schools for Children with Physical Disabilities

Factors Predicting Physical Activity Among Children With Special Needs

INTRODUCTION Obesity is especially prevalent among children with special needs. Both lack of physical activity and unhealthful eating are major contributing factors. The objective of our study was to investigate barriers to physical activity among these children. METHODS We surveyed parents of the 171 children attending Vista Del Mar School in Los Angeles, a nonprofit school serving a socioec...

Application of eye tracking technology for screening and rehabilitation of children with special needs.

Eye tracking is a technology for measuring eye movements when looking at a point. The length of time to look at a particular situation, the sequence of observations, as well as points of attention are processed in the process of eye tracking and eye movements are identified by topics such as fixation, saccade, etc. Information about how the eyes move at a special moment has many potential appli...

Latin American and Caribbean dental schools: teaching about special needs.

OBJECTIVES Assess the extent of the teaching of care for individuals with special needs in schools of dentistry in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and deans and program directors' willingness to introduce such programmatic modules into the curricula. METHODS The survey instrument (a short-answer questionnaire modeled from the U.S. Curriculum Assessment of Needs Project) was delivered t...

Child Care for Children with Special Needs

Strategies for teaching students With Exceptional Needs in cyber schools

Cyber schools for K-12 students are growing in number. It is vital that appropriate strategies are devised in order to meet the needs of students with exceptionalities. The PA Cyber Charter School serves 353 students who have Individualized Education Plans. Parent surveys were thematically analyzed and revealed six predominant themes, including communication, interests, focus, lessstigma from t...