Here's the latest article from the Special Needs Children site at BellaOnline.com.

Interviewing Caregivers for Your Child
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art62519.asp
Parents of children with developmental disabilities, chronic health conditions, or other special needs may assume that any caregiver on an agency list has the training, experience, or basic skills to care for their son or daughter. Agency training sometimes covers only filling out paperwork or timecards, not direct care for children or information about specific disabilities and best practices.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art62519.asp

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Child Safety - Pills, Purses, and Suitcases
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art62309.asp
Purses, diaper bags and suitcases - from a toddler's perspective, childhood treasure chests - are often overlooked as dangers even in child-proofed homes and vehicles. Parents, babysitters, relatives and visitors may not realize how inquisitive and vulnerable children may be to accidental poisoning, choking, or other injury.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art62309.asp

Child Abuse and Neglect - Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art62499.asp
Children with disabilities experience childhood abuse and neglect at least as often as their mainstream peers, but may deal with delayed rescue or assistance due to communication challenges, exclusion from ordinary classrooms and programs, or different expectations of their behavior and development.

Assistive Listening Devices for the Classroom
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art62237.asp
Assisted listening devices like FM, soundfield amplification, and induction loop systems, help students challenged by hearing loss, classroom background noise, auditory processing challenges and/or fluctuating conductive hearing loss often found in students with Down syndrome.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art62237.asp

Outdoor Games for Children with Special Needs
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art57092.asp

Playground Skills for Children with Special Needs
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art432.asp

Summer Learning and Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art61967.asp

Avoiding Heat Illnesses and Other Hazards
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32522.asp

Car Safety Issues - Prevention
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art34902.asp

Vacation Travel, Weekend Getaways, and Children with Special Needs
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art43397.asp

Airline Travel and Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art45142.asp

Extended School Year for Special Education
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art62001.asp

Sunblocking Clothing and Laundry Rinse
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33851.asp

Pain Management for Children
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art51895.asp

Sibling Support and Rivalry
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33375.asp

Cousins of Children with Disabilities
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art44239.asp

Transition to Preschool from Early Intervention
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art49696.asp

Friendship and Inclusion for Children with Special Needs
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art48700.asp

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iPhone and iPod Touch Apps - Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art62136.asp

Kindergarten Transition
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art49718.asp

Disability and Future Planning for Parents
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art59032.asp

Teaching Handwriting
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art51022.asp

Boardmaker and PECS Communication Alternatives
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art57783.asp

DIR - Floortime Model Techniques and Behavior Challenges
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art56206.asp

Welcoming Babies with Down Syndrome
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32534.asp

Teaching Functional Math Skills
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art38411.asp

Teacher Appreciation and Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art62183.asp

Recess Skills and Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art432.asp

Inclusive P.E. and Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art46155.asp

Sensory Integration and Children
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art48942.asp

Sensory Processing Disorder in Children
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art960.asp

Review - Raising a Sensory Smart Child
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art57603.asp

Kindergarten Transition
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art49718.asp

Disability and Future Planning for Parents
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art59032.asp

Teaching Handwriting
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art51022.asp

Boardmaker and PECS Communication Alternatives
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art57783.asp

DIR - Floortime Model Techniques and Behavior Challenges
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art56206.asp

Welcoming Babies with Down Syndrome
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32534.asp

Teaching Functional Math Skills
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art38411.asp

Reflux, Pediatric GERD, Infant GER and EER
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art3730.asp

Sleep Disorders
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33877.asp

Peer Mentoring Programs and Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art61295.asp

Inclusion Benefits Classmates
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art6157.asp