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The article focuses on benefits of team sports for students with special needs. Topics include how to encourage and motivate special needs students to make exercise or some physical activity part of their weekly routine, benefits of team sports for individual players, and opportunities for children offered by team sports. Learning communication skills during team sports and learning to use unusual preoccupations as strengths that can be integrated into a physical activity are also discussed.

The article discusses Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), a behavioral intervention created for students with behavioral disorders (BD) but has soon evolved into supporting all students and is sometimes referred to School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports (SWPBS). According to the article, PBIS is beneficial for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). A brief history of PBIS is elaborated.

The article reports on the challenges that parents of children with autism and epilepsy face and on the challenges that children with autism and epilepsy may face as a result of their comorbidity. A discussion of high rates of non adherence to medications which are seen with children with autism and epilepsy, and of medication management tips which parents of children with autism and epilepsy can use to get their children to adhere to their medication regimens, is presented.

The article reports on the significance of transitioning the student with disabilities to a residence hall environment. It says that involving students in creating lists and creating daily planning can contribute to their success. It notes that providing students with the tools to socially integrate with their peers will ease the transition process. It suggests having the students create a list of positive coping strategies they can use when feeling overwhelmed.