Applications for Children With Special Needs
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Applications for Children With Special Needs
We have come across this site which offers information about applications for Special Needs Children. They have produced videos demonstrating how products designed to educate children and how they can help build life skills. They are hoping to provide videos, and other relevant infor . . . more
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Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders
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Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders
Research in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Prolonged Tic Suppression and Habituation to the Premonitory Urge
Principal Investigator: Matt W. Specht, Ph.D.
This study is sponsored by the Tourette Syndrome A . . . more
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Autistic Spectrum Disorder for health and education practitioners
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The NZ Guidelines group has developed a suite of online materials to help health and education practitioners recognise possible signs of ASD and decide what action to take. The information can be used to support children both at home and in the different places of education. Families often feel that they do not have enough information to make th ebest choices for their children.
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Understanding Dyslexia
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Dyslexia is an alternative way of thinking that affects an estimated one in ten New Zealanders � including 70,000 schoolchildren. In order to effectively address dyslexia, it is important to understand how to define and identify it.
Academically, there are varying definitions of dyslexia, and researchers and ac . . . more
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Voices of Autism
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"The Voices and Choices of Autism" There is a new Free magazine called "The Voices and Choices of Autism" has been developed. Sharisa Joy Kochmeister is on the autism spectrum and uses ke . . . more
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What is Autism?
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What is Autism?
Children and adults who have an autism spectrum disorder look the same as other people, and due to the invisible nature of their disability it can be much harder to create awareness and understanding.
Autism and Asperger syndrome still remain relatively unknown disabilities among the general population. . . . more
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ADD/ADHD/Dyslexia 101 Tips for Teachers/Parents
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Research shows there are an estimated 3 to 5 percent of school-age children with Attention Deficit Disorder/ADD/ADHD/Dyslexia. In response to the needs expressed by teachers for teaching strategies that work with these children, the U.S. Department of Education has supported research in classrooms to determine successful teaching techniques employed by elementary (primary) schoolt . . . more
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DVD and children with autism
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| DVD promotes understanding of children with autism M�ori families of children with autism spectrum disorder have initiated the production of a video designed to raise awareness of the challenges the disorder presents and help other families to better cope. About 20,000 free copies of the DVD are being distributed to schools, hospitals, marae, social work . . . more
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Theories of Dyslexia
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This section is written for literacy, numeracy and ESOL teachers who are not dyslexia specialists. It provides an overview of current theories of dyslexia- cognitive, biological and social interactive.
http://excellence.qia.org.uk/framework4dyslexia . . . more
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Making Sense (1 year since being diagnosed with Aspergers)
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The Beginning at first it�s like an immense wave of relief as every think begins to fall into place and make sense� looking back I revisit the painful memories of the past that can now be explained. Then a urgent need to over explain to everyone I may of impacted by my autism, I want them to understand, but where do you begin!
How do . . . more
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