Sentences with phrase «cognitive disabilities ages»

Challenger Division is a flag football and cheer program for kids with physical or cognitive disabilities ages 5 - 18.

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This may be a particularly attractive option for adolescents who are preparing to leave the family home for a more independent living arrangement, for young adults with disabilities who prefer to be with people their own age, or even aging populations with mild to moderate memory loss because it gives them an opportunity to experience new surroundings, different expectations, peer relationships and even cognitive and emotional stimulation.

Projects have included Julie's Jungle, a 4,000 sq. ft. regional handicapped accessible playground with specialized equipment such as ramps, a rubberized surface, short stair height, Braille play panels and sensory garden amps enabling children with physical, visual, hearing and cognitive disabilities and Wappinger Challenger Field, a handicapped accessible baseball field where disabled youth ages 5 to 18 can participate without obstacles, thanks to smaller, synthetic infield, as well as handicapped accessible dugouts, parking and restroom facility.

Children under age 3 who have or are at risk of a developmental disability are eligible for services to improve cognitive, behavioral and physical skills under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA).

She directed The Johns Hopkins Center of Excellence for Aging Research, the Center on Aging and Health, and the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, and led major multidisciplinary research programs on the causes and consequences of frailty, cardiovascular disease, cognitive impairment and disability in older adults, and approaches to prevention.

Compared to teetotalers, those who averaged roughly 3 to 15 alcoholic drinks per week in their late 50s had up to 28 % higher odds of being free from chronic illness, physical disability, mental health problems, and cognitive decline at age 70, the study found.

According to information given to me by Deborah Abramson Brooks Wsm, the U.S. Dept. of Education is insisting that the New York Board of Education continue to force all students with disabilities, except for those with the severest disabilities, to take the tests matching their chronological age, not their developmental age, ignoring their cognitive disabilities.

The biggest thing is making sure you can qualify for life insurance with SBLI, so lets cover (in general) what SBLI will and won't insure: SBLI Underwriting Uninsurable medical scenarios with SBLI: • Aids / HIV + status • ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) • Alzheimer's disease or dementia or significant cognitive impairments related to functionality • Cancer diagnosis within last 2 years • Chronic pain treatment, severe, receiving disability, narcotic use • Cirrhosis of the Liver • Congestive heart Failure • COPD / Emphysema or chronic bronchitis - Severe or with current nicotine use • Cystic Fibrosis • Defibrillator use • Depression, severe, recurrent or with multiple in - patient hospitalization history • Diabetes with co-morbidities that include significant cardiac disease, or impairment of renal function or mobility • Heart / Cardiac Disease - multiple vessels diagnosed within 2 years or any past history with current nicotine use • Muscular Dystrophy • Multiple Sclerosis, if symptoms progressing • Organ Transplants, in most scenarios • Quadriplegia • Pulmonary hypertension • Renal failure, Renal insufficiency - severe • Stroke within 1 year • Suicide attempt within 5 years • Surgical repair of heart valves, aneurysms, intracranial tumors, major organs within six months, including gastric bypass Uninsurable non-medical scenarios: • Marijuana use, 4 or more times weekly • Substance abuse / misuse within last 5 years • Criminal activity - any history within the last 10 years • DUI, more than 2 or under age 25 if within 1 year • Unemployed (other than homemakers or retired) with minimal household income or dependent on SSI / disability benefits • Bankruptcy filing within 2 years • Liens / Judgements - outstanding activity that exceeds $ 50K

• Devised and implemented an interactive program for teachers and students to determine emotional, social, cognitive and physical developmental issues • Developed plans aimed at crisis intervention which engendered great results in the form of rejuvenated and constructive participation • Introduced a student analysis system which took information from students on forms and provided valuable background information • Attained three certificates for determining educational disabilities in children between the ages 6 and 12

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Counseling services are available for individuals, couples and families, addressing: caregiving and relationship challenges; loss of functioning with disability; threatened loss, death, and bereavement; cognitive impairment; couples» issues of communication, intimacy, and sexual dysfunction; adjusting to new work and family roles; illness - related behavioral or school problems; challenges of growing older, helping aging parents.

Dr. Becker is a licensed clinical child psychologist in the state of Oregon and specializes in providing evidence based psychoeducational, neurodevelopmental, and neuropsychological assessments to evaluate for intellectual disabilities, ADHD, Learning Disorders, cognitive impairment due to brain injury, epilepsy, and other medical conditions / treatment in children ages 2 - 25.

I provide cognitive rehabilitation interventions for individuals coping with neurological and neuropsychological conditions such as age - related memory changes, tumor, epilepsy, brain injury, stroke, ADHD, learning disability, and neurotoxic infections.

Our finding that the severity of depressive symptoms was a significant but relatively smaller contributor to physical disability in this sample (after controlling for the possible effects of age, sex and duration of pain) is consistent with findings of some previous studies of patients with chronic pain, but not with some treatment studies, which found that depression level contributed to less significant improvement in pain - related disability.11, 27 It is not surprising that cognitive, pain and behavioural variables accounted for more physical disability than depressive symptoms but it is notable that social support (as measured by the MPI), sense of control over life, and catastrophising did not significantly contribute to physical disability.