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Preparing the School for Your Child with Special Needs

Terri Mauro, Your Guide to Parenting Special Needs at About.com

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Notes for the Teacher

Here's your head start for information to send to teachers about your child's special needs. Follow the links below to find information regarding specific disabilities, then go to How to Assemble a Teacher Information Packet for step-by-step instructions on using these tips and handouts to help your child's teacher help your child.

Prepare the School for Your Child with ...

• Asperger Syndrome

• Asthma

• Attachment Disorder

• Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

• Autism

• Bipolar Disorder

• Cancer

• Central Auditory Processing Disorder

• Celiac Disease

• Cerebral Palsy

• Congenital Heart Defects

• Cystic Fibrosis

• Down Syndrome

• Dwarfism

• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

• Juvenile Diabetes

• Kidney Disease

• Learning Disabilities

• Mental Retardation

• Muscular Dystrophy

• Neurofibromatosis

• Nonverbal Learning Disabilities

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

• Oppositional Defiant Disorder

• Peanut Allergy

• Phenylketonuria

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Prader-Willi Syndrome

• Seizure Disorders

• Sensory Integration Dysfunction

• Tourette Syndrome    

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