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

Halloween Costumes and Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art63629.asp
Halloween can be a favorite holiday for children and teens with developmental disabilities, physical challenges, chronic health conditions or other special needs. Finding costume options and making plans weeks before the end of October can help our children enjoy the fun and fright of the night.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art63629.asp

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Costumes for Children with Special Needs
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art36415.asp

Halloween Safety Tips - Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art58864.asp

Autumn and Winter Challenges for Children with Special Needs
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art46706.asp

Holiday Party Planning - Support Groups
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art47060.asp

Holiday Parties with Children with Disabilities
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art46990.asp

Soothing Children's Fears
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art35602.asp

IEP Goals - Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art4330.asp

IEP Preparations - Teacher Support
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art44746.asp

Gifts: How People with Down Syndrome Enrich the World
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art63458.asp


Reading Strategies - Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art35577.asp

Preparing for an IEP Meeting
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32971.asp

Teaching Math Skills - Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art38411.asp

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

Teaching Printing and Cursive Handwriting - Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art51023.asp

Sign Language and Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art49898.asp

Seeing Children with Disabilities in Media
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art54743.asp

Down Syndrome and the Acting Gene
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art34198.asp

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

Universal Design for Learning - What Makes General
Education Curriculum Accessible?
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art50363.asp

High School Transition and Graduation Options
for Students with Developmental Disabilities
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art63367.asp

Teaching Students in Inclusive Classrooms
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art63003.asp

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

To participate in free, fun online discussions, this site has a community forum all about Special Needs Children located here -

http://forums.bellaonline.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=57

I hope to hear from you sometime soon, either in the forum or in response to this email message.

Have fun passing this message along to family and friends, because we all love free knowledge!

Pamela Wilson, Special Needs Children Editor
http://specialneedschildren.bellaonline.com


Pablo Pineda has won the best actor award at San Sebastian Film Festival for outstanding performance in “Yo, Tambien” (”Me Too”). The Spanish actor who has Down syndrome earned a university degree.

http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/28/actor-with-down-syndrome/

Inclusive Education and the Culture of Special Education
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art44827.asp

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

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

Anxiety and Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art59924.asp

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

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

Pain Management for Children at Clinics and Hospitals
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art51895.asp

Interviewing Caregivers for Your Child
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art62519.asp

Teaching Relatives to Care for a Disabled Child
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art62563.asp

Child Safety - Pills, Purses, and Suitcases
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art62309.asp

Advocating in Multicultural Communities
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art11304.asp

Teaching Children about Money at Home
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art58960.asp

Disability Parking Placards - Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art63280.asp

Down Syndrome Buddy Walks
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art46077.asp

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

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

IEP Preparation and Teacher Support
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art44746.asp

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

Elementary School Transition
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art50637.asp

Encouraging Late Talking Children
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art55867.asp

Back to School with Down Syndrome
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art63002.asp

Back to School with Diabetes
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art52832.asp

Back to School with Celiac Disease
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art52323.asp

Encouraging Fussy Babies and Sensitive Toddlers
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art62765.asp

Dentists, Oral Health, and Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art55319.asp

Amazon Kindle and Childhood Disability
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art60812.asp