Advocate For Your Child

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Many families use Care Notebooks to keep track of important information about their child's health and care. It's a great place to keep your contact logs and completed mood charts as well.

By doing this, it makes it easier to find and share key information with their child's team.

Any discussion of how they qualify must begin with why they qualify, and why you should seek them to qualify.

First and foremost these programs were designed to level the playing field for students who, for whatever reason, cannot benefit from education with out assistance.

This means that Congress recognized that not all children can learn the same way, but if given appropriate modifications, they can benefit from FAPE (Free and Appropriate Public Education).

Deciding whether you should medicate your child or not is a personal decision. It is a decision that no parent takes lightly, nor should they.

Bipolar disorder, and the medications used to treat it, can often have a significant impact upon your child's life. The same can be said for most medications.

Educate yourself about side effects and how they could impact your child's life.

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The absence of appropriate childcare prevents many families from participating in social or recreational activities, and they experience isolation from friends and relatives. Often family members must learn to cope with the difficult and demanding behaviors of their children. Many face staggering costs for special treatment, education, or other services.

This affects approximately 6 to 8 million children and youth in the United States, and represents about 12 percent of all children in the U.S. Of these, about half have problems that are severe and persistent.