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The recent news about college admissions was deeply troubling to CHC and to the community because it amplifies the culture of stress around admissions and reinforces the stigma attached to learning differences and accommodations, leaving parents concerned that their kids’ Read more >>
Stanford Researchers Develop a Smartphone App to Simultaneously Treat and Track Autism
Diagnosing autism can take half a day or more of clinical observation, and that’s the quick part – often, families wait years just to get to that point. Now, in hopes of speeding things up, Stanford researchers are developing a Read more >>
Working Memory: The Engine for Learning
Individuals with traumatic brain injury, deafness, oral language deficits or genetic disorders such as Down Syndrome are also more likely to have weak working memory. The purpose of this fact sheet is to describe the function of working memory, discuss Read more >>
Study: Reworked Autism Definition Prompted Drop In Diagnoses
Five years after a sweeping overhaul of the diagnostic criteria for autism, research suggests that the changes have led fewer people to be identified with the developmental disorder. Read more >>
One in Five Students with Significant ADHD Gets No School-Based Help, Study Finds
A substantial percentage of students with ADHD symptoms severe enough to affect them both academically and socially are not getting any support in school for the disorder, says a new study based on the experiences of nearly 2,500 children and Read more >>
Top 5 Reasons to Train Teachers About Dyslexia
Written by Lisa Parnello, Literacy Specialist & Wilson Credentialed Trainer In a sea of professional development opportunities for teachers, how do you decide what’s most important for teachers to learn? What will make the biggest impact on the students? Read more >>
Evaluations and IEPs: Shouldn’t They be Connected? [presentation]
Your child’s evaluation includes a bunch of scores and some recommendations. Even though your evaluator talked through all the scores with you, you’re still not sure what they mean or how to translate those into meaningful IEP goals for your Read more >>
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is typically described by the problems it presents. But ADHD may also bring with it an advantage: the ability to think more creatively. Read more >>
Four Key Executive Functioning Strategies for Your Child
Written by Vivien Keil, PhD, Neuropsychologist and Clinical Director at CHC March Madness is around the corner: a time of anticipation and excitement for college basketball fans around the globe. Many students, however, especially those with learning and attention differences, Read more >>
Managing Transition: Developing a Strengths-Based IEP [presentation]
When a student on an IEP gets to high school age, the focus and format of the IEP should change. IEPs should become student-centered, strength-based and future-focused. How does a parent support their child in the revised process? CHC’s Chris Read more >>
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CHC Palo Alto:
650 Clark Way, Palo Alto, CA 94304
650.326.5530
CHC South Bay:
2280 Kenwood Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128
408.831.7512
CHC Ravenswood:
1765 E Bayshore Rd, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
650.702.2487
