EPISODE 4

Special Needs Care
Supplementary Materials

Milestone Moments

Look inside for milestones to watch for children and tips for how you can help them learn and grow from birth to age 5.

Therapy Activity Schedule

A PDF schedule template to organize therapy activities effectively.

Home Care 15 Minute Rule

Guidelines for conducting home care visits efficiently within 15 minutes.

Sensory Behavior Schedule

A document detailing a sensory behavior schedule.

Recommended Readings

Social Skills Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Review of the Intervention Research

Susan Williams White, Kathleen Keonig and Lawrence Scahill – JAutismDevDisord

Supporting Parents to Facilitate Communication and Joint Attention in Their Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders 

Patricia A. Prelock, James Calhoun, Hope Morris, and Gretchen Platt – Top Lang Disorders Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 210–234

Social Referencing and Children with Autism 

Jaime A. DeQuinzio, Claire L. Poulson, Dawn B. Townsend, and Bridget A. Taylor – Behav Anal. 2016 Oct; 39(2): 319–331.

Principles of early intervention 

Olena Chorna, Giovanni Cioni, and Andrea Guzzetta

Implementing and evaluating early intervention for children with autism: Where are the gaps and what should we do? 

Giacomo Vivanti, Connie Kasari, Jonathan Green, David Mandell, Melissa Maye, Kristelle Hudry

Occupational Therapy Practice Guidelines for Early Childhood: Birth through 5 Years 

Frolek Clark, Gloria, PhD, OTR/L, BCP, FAOTA;Kingsley, Karrie, OTD, OTR/L

Overview of Recent Pediatric Physical Therapy Practices

This article provides a detailed overview of the latest practices and developments in pediatric physical therapy.

Autism spectrum disorder: definition, epidemiology, causes, and clinical evaluation

Holly Hodges, Casey Fealko and Neelkamal Soares / Translational Pediatrics (2020) • S55–S65.