How to Diagnose and Cope with a Brain Based Diagnosis
Today I am joined by Natalie Vecchione, Podcaster at FASD Hope and co-author, with Cindy LaJoy, of the new homeschooling book: Blazing New Homeschool Trails, Educating and Launching Teens with Developmental Disabilities.
Natalie explains how the book was born out of desperation, as she and her husband were parenting and raising a FASD student. FASD (Fetal Achhol Syndrome Disorder). This is a brain based diagnosis, and like many brain based diagnosis is on a spectrum, meaning people with this disability, has a range of manifestations, which can include physical, emotional and intellectual.
What is a Brain Based Diagnosis? A brain based diagnosis is a broad category of disorders, which can vary in symptoms and severity and can include any condition or disability that affects your brain and can be caused by:
Brain based Diagnosis can include:
FASD
Autism
Tourette’s
OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
ADHD/ ADD
Learning Disabilities, including Dyslexia, Dyscalcia, Dysgraphia, etc
Processing Disorders.
How to determine and cope with a Brain Based Diagnosis:
Resources Mentioned
SPED Podcasts:
Communication Skills with Struggling Learning with Peggy Ployhar
Special Needs and Critical Thinking Skills
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