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Please join us for a great night!

TEAM Therapists Kati, Kelly, Allison, Danielle, Kara, Abby, Amy and Mike made it to Ukraine with 15 pieces of luggage, 14 carry-ons, 4 wheelchairs and 5 walkers! They safely returned after an intense schedule of travel. They had opportunities to see hundreds of children with special needs, to teach courses to care providers, to build equipment and to develop home programs!

1.      Dependent Exemptions.  Parents of a permanently and totally disabled child may claim a dependency exemption for the child no matter how old the child is.

2.      Medical Deductions.  Special needs children often have large medical expenses. Sometimes these medical expenses are large enough to make them deductible on the parent’s tax return. When these medical expenses are more than the standard deduction, the parents can deduct them on their return.

a.        Only those family medical expenses which exceed 7.5% of adjusted gross income are deductible. For example, if you make $10,000 per year with $751 in medical expenses, $1 would be deductible.

b.      Most taxpayers have these deductions: home mortgage interest, medical expenses, charitable deductions, and personal property tax. When these together are more than the standard deduction, the taxpayer chooses to take the itemized deduction.

c.       Items that may be deducted include; private school tuition, tutoring, specialized educational materials like books.

d.      Diagnostic evaluations and therapy

e.       Necessary transportation expenses.

3.      Child Care Credit.  Normally, child care credit is available only for care of children under age 13.    Credit can be claimed for special needs children who are your dependents and who cannot care for themselves no matter how old they are.

 4.      Earned Income Credit.  The credit may be claimed by parents of special needs children who are otherwise eligible to claim earned income credit no matter how old the children are.

Legal Aid of Arkansas Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic staff members are available to meet with you individually to discuss your tax related questions.

TEAM and the Miracle League
Here at TEAM we HEART the Miracle League!  So many of our kids are playing ball and a lot of our staff is involved with the league.  Miracle League is baseball for special needs kids and has really made a difference in NWA.  Leks Clark is pictured above batting for the Miracle League.   GO TEAM and GO Miracle League!

Any child 4 and over with a diagnoses can play.  The field is barrier free and made out of recycled tire.  Wheelchairs and walkers are great on our field.  All children are paired with a Buddy for the entire game. 

Register your child today!  Our first game is September 11th.  The season is 7 weeks and all games are played on Saturday morning.  Our brand new fields are at Tyson Park in Springdale.  You do not want to miss the chance for your child to play America's favorite pass time! 

Go to www.miracleleaguear.com for more information or call Amber Spencer Director for NWA Miracle League at 841.4938.

Where: Clinton Presidential Center Little Rock, AR

Time: Walk starts at 10:00 (8:30 Registration)

Distance: 1.5 miles

For more information go to www.walknowforautismspeaks.org/arkansas or call 501.951.0115

On Your MARK Academy Student Lance

On Your MARK Academy, a non-profit school for children with special needs, moved under the same roof as the Children’s Therapy TEAM in Fayetteville in Fall 2009. The school works collaboratively with TEAM therapist to provide a truly exceptional education for its students. To learn more and discuss how your child might possibly benefit from an OYMA education call Rebecca Carney at 479-422-4760. On Your MARK Academy accepts applications for admission on a rolling basis.

For more information go to www.onyourmarkacademy.org

The focus of CI lies with forcing the patient to use the affected limb by restraining the unaffected one. The affected limb is then used intensively for three hours a day for  three weeks. As a result of the patient engaging in repetitive exercises with the affected limb, the brain grows new neural pathways, and makes tremendous progress. 

We are now offering CI therapy at Children's Therapy TEAM.  We have a group of therapist that have been trained in  CI therapy and are ready to assist your child.

For more information call Amber Spencer 479.841.4938.