5 Tips to Increase Success for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren With Disabilities!
Posted by admin in Disabilities, Tips on July 20, 2011
Are you raising your grandchild with Autism, or other disabilities? Are you having difficulties in financial areas, health insurance areas, or special education? Would you like to learn a few tips about these issues to help you in this journey? This article is filled with 5 tips to make your job easier so that you can enjoy your grandchild.
Tip 1: If your grandchild’s disability qualifies they may be able to receive SSI, which would give you additional income every month. SSI takes into account a parents income when the child is below 18 years old, but exempts grandparent’s income from the consideration. What Social Security does count as income is Child Support for the child, any work of the child, and other public benefits. If you are not receiving any support for the child, and the child’s disability qualifies you may be able to receive SSI for the child. Your Social Security Office may decrease the child’s benefits due to the amount that you are giving the child based on room and board; be sure and check out whether your state does this.
Tip 2: If the child is eligible for SSI they should be eligible for Medicaid to pay for medical costs, and other public benefits. Since many children with disabilities have medical issues this would help decrease your financial responsibility. Keep in mind though that Medicaid may not pay for everything the child needs (counseling, equipment etc), so you may have some expenses out of pocket. Each State may have different benefits under Medicaid, so be sure that you check your States benefits. Read the rest of this entry »
6 Auditory Processing Activities Improve Reading Skills Without Spending a Dime
Auditory processing skills come into play when becoming a proficient reader. Think about this for a minute. In order to read you need to decode words (the ability to sound out printed words) as well as encode words (the ability to put letters to the sounds that make up a word).
Many students that struggle with reading struggle because they have auditory processing difficulties. There are actually nine areas of auditory processing that affect learning. Problems with any one or more of those areas can make learning difficult. The cause of the auditory processing difficulties may be due to CAPD, ADD, dyslexia, a learning disability, a learning difficulty or autism.
If you are a parent working with your own child, or tutoring a student, or homeschooling or a teacher, there are specific things you can do to make a difference in your child’s learning life.
Here are 6 activities you can use to strengthen auditory processing. These auditory processing activities use things you typically have around the house or in the classroom. Read the rest of this entry »