Teaching children with Dyspraxia.
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| WHAT IS DEVELOPMENTAL DYSPRAXIA?
Developmental Dyspraxia (DD) is a neurologically based impairment or immaturity of the organisation of movement. Associated with this may be problems of language, perception and thought. Affected children have a normal intelligence for their age but may have difficulty in both processing information and in communicating what they know or understand. It affects eac . . . more
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Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour
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| Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour or "RTLB" as they are usually called, work within schools around the country to provide advice and guidance to teachers of students who are at risk of low achievement due to learning and/or behaviour difficulties. This may include direct teaching, demonstrating practice, and providing teaching strategies so that students receive appropriate learning progra . . . more
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What is Asperger Syndrome?
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| Asperger Syndrome is a developmental disorder characterised by difficulties in these main areas:
� Social interaction
� Communication
� Imagination
� Sensory sensitivity
� Motor clumsiness
� Special interests and Routines
The first research into the field was by Austrian psychologist Hans Asperger in 1943. It is only in the past 20 years that there has been greater awareness and treatment . . . more
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Homeschooling Your Child with Special Needs
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| The Best Place to Learn?
For families who have kids with special needs, the decision to homeschool is usually a desperate move. Parents are often frustrated by the inability of schools to provide the services their children need. Others are discouraged by the way their child is treated by his classmates or even his teachers. Motivated by an intense desire to overcome labels or individual chal . . . more
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Strategies to Work with Students with Oppositional Defiant Disorder
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| Many teachers are "pulling their hair out" wondering if they will survive another day with a student with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). These students can be confrontational, disruptive, vindictive, and irritate the nerves of teachers who already encounter numerous challenges in the classroom. Unfortunately, teachers will face an increasing number of students with ODD and conduct disorders . . . more
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The role of Behavioural Optometry in Learning Difficulties
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| Learning Difficulties
Many children who are experiencing learning difficulties, have a vision problem. Visual abilities are the skills which give us the means to locate, identify and remember what we see. In addition to visual acuity - the ability to see the small letters on the chart, there are a number of other abilities necessary for the child to perform at school. These abilities include the . . . more
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Individual Education Programme.
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| Individual Education Plan
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Summary how to develop an education support plan for students with special education needs
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Individual Education Programme
An Individual Education Programme or an "IEP" as it . . . more
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