November 27, 2011 | Posted in Parenting/Child Development, Education/Learning/Activities | 2 Comment(s) |
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Social learning plays a critical role in helping children manage fundamental milestones such as forming friendships and interpreting nonverbal cues.
If your child comes home and complains to you "Nobody likes me!" how do you react? Is this a normal thing that kids go through or is a sign that your child might have a social learning problem?
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November 25, 2011 | Posted in Parenting/Child Development, Education/Learning/Activities | Post a comment |
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The term 'learning disability' was first introduced in the early 1960s. Up till that time, children with relatively normal intelligence who experienced learning difficulties were referred to as minimally brain injured, slow learners, dyslexic, or perceptually disabled. Despite their learning problems, these children did not receive special attention in schools.
This article provides a historical perspective on the subject, and what we can learn from past experiences and mis-steps...
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November 23, 2011 | Posted in Parenting/Child Development | 1 Comment(s) |
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Coaching kids with ADHD is often a challenging, and at times frustrating, endeavour which will leave both educators and parents equally exhausted and searching for answers.
In this article we will cover a couple of different areas that directly impact coaching youngsters with ADHD and offer 11 suggestions on building a comprehensive teaching plan. But first, let's take a quick look at some facts about ADHD.
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November 22, 2011 | Posted in Parenting/Child Development | Post a comment |
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Children with learning disabilities have problems reading, and it is commonly noted that, even if they recognize the words, they often cannot flow effortlessly as they read.
As a practitioner who has successfully practised with these children for over 20 years, Darin Browne believes that he can add to the debate on learning disabilities, particularly with regard to the reading proficiency of these children.
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November 20, 2011 | Posted in Parenting/Child Development | 3 Comment(s) |
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Parents, do your children love trying new things? Are they confident? Or do they hid under a blanket of fear?
What are children's five common fears? What is the Fear Solution Scale?
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November 19, 2011 | Posted in Parenting/Child Development, Education/Learning/Activities | 2 Comment(s) |
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Reading help for children with learning disabilities can be a time absorbing and expensive exercise.
Reading help for children does not merely mean making the child with learning disabilities to read more and more! This is not genuine reading help for children; it is agony for both the child with learning disabilities and the poor parents who are teaching these reading strategies! The effect is unhappy, anxious, frustrated and discouraged parents, and children who feel the same way about reading.
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November 15, 2011 | Posted in Parenting/Child Development | Post a comment |
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Professor Dr Eric Lim often works closely with special-needs children as well as their families. His passion has taken him to America, Africa and Asia where there are families from diverse cultures and background, but amazingly all of them share one common purpose.
In this article, he reflects on special children in fresh light and encourages us to do the same...
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November 09, 2011 | Posted in Parenting/Child Development | Post a comment |
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Often, children with physiological difficulties are referred to either a physical therapist or occupational therapist. However, some have to wait from weeks to months before they get a session of therapy which lasts less than one hour. Actually, parents themselves can learn to assist their own children greatly with guidelines from these professionals. One of the most effective areas where parents can play a role at home is through Activity of Daily Living (ADL).
This article shows how parents can play such a significant role at home.
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November 05, 2011 | Posted in Parenting/Child Development | Post a comment |
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One mother shares about her son's journey to successful independence. Now the principal of a home school centre for children with learning disabilities, Ooi Lin recalls how the family supported her dyslexic son who is today a college graduate, gainfully employed and married with a daughter.
What were the greatest lessons she learned from her experience?
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October 26, 2011 | Posted in Parenting/Child Development | 1 Comment(s) |
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Often we get plenty of tips, strategies and models in child discipline. This may stem from the need of many parents and care-givers to try to provide what they deem best for their children's development. However, the main problem faced by many is usually the difficulty in identifying the reasons behind a child's behaviour. In this article, Professor Dr Eric Lim introduces the simple model of “unveiling the difficult behaviours from the difficult child”.
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