The federal Office of Special Education Programs released a memo earlier this month reminding states that a response-to-intervention process cannot delay the initial evaluation for special education ...

AAFP releases manual for alcohol screenings The AAFP has created an alcohol screening practice manual to help family physicians prevent alcohol misuse. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) ...

Research indicates that immediate crisis intervention plays a crucial role in enhancing the effectiveness of addiction treatment. The addiction crisis intervention research highlights the importance ...

Rapid Intervention is still one of the most commonly used buzz words in today's fire service but are we really prepared to perform it? It's more than just a name. Rapid intervention team (RIT), rapid ...

During an episode of the first season of “Scrubs,” Dr. Perry Cox, played by John C. McGinley, boasted to a group of clinicians that every patient that had been in the ICU when he started his shift at ...

Imagine: Jimmy starts high school and has difficulty with math. Although he does well in other subjects, he has low motivation in class and forgets when homework is due. Despite the teacher’s best ...