PANS symptoms impact multiple areas of learning, specifically academic, cognitive, behavioral, and physical. PANS is essentially a spectrum disorder; some PANS students will be affected more severely...
No matter the length of time a student misses school, communication between families, school professionals and medical professionals is essential to making sure the student’s needs are met....
The goal of accommodations is to help the student access the curriculum, be involved, and progress in their education regardless of having PANS/PANDAS. Accommodation and supports can help PANS...
PANS students require a variety of accommodations to support the multiple symptoms across the learning domains. The level of support is contingent upon the severity of...
PANS recovery is not a straight trajectory. PANS is relapsing and remitting, and there can be setbacks during periods of treatment and healing. Communication helps the team (parents, school staff,...
Students with PANDAS/ PANS may experience symptoms simply from being exposed to an infection. It is vital for the School Nurse to foster communication between the entire school population about...
At first glance, someone PANS and someone with OCD may appear pretty similar. They both have obsessions, compulsions, anxiety, and these symptoms cause significant distress, interfere with daily...
PANS and PANDAS are terrifying autoimmune disorders that affect children, often featuring the onset of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and eating restrictions, severe separation anxiety, anorexia,...
National Support Pandas Physicians Network – PPN https://www.pandasppn.org Mending Minds Foundation https://www.mminds.org The Pace Foundation Arizona http://www.pacefoundation4kids.org/...
The story of one mother’s fight against the medical establishment to prove the link between infection-triggered PANDAS and her son’s sudden-onset OCD and Tourette...
On Brain Inflamed we share information from those in the trenches caring for children with autoimmune brain diseases like PANDAS, PANS and Autoimmune Encephalitis. Physicians, Scientists, Parents-...
Articles and Downloads Effects of PANDAS/PANS on Communication: What SLPs Need to Know Kelly Ward, MS, CCC-SLP and Jessica Edelstein, MA, CCC-SLP Download PDF PANDAS in the School Setting Kathy...