Some people may think that Play Therapy is just children playing with toys and having fun, but it’s important to note that play is a form of communication and used for learning. Even young animals like lion cubs engage in play to learn the skills they need to function properly when they mature. As adults, we can sometimes forget how important and effective play is in the learning process.
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There comes a stage in life when you’ve reached a point you feel an important life decision must be made. We tend to think of this point as happening in mid-life or later but can also happen much earlier. This decision you have to make may feel nearly impossible to make because the stakes are so high. This is the crossroads where you can decide to turn left, right, or continue forward.
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Dysgraphia is a learning disorder that impairs the writing ability and fine motor skills of some children. It interferes with how the person spells and the legibility and expression of their writing. It’s estimated to affect anywhere from 5 to 20 percent of all children.
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We don’t usually think about how we feel. It’s just something that happens automatically, and for many of us, we have a tendency to believe that external events and other people cause us to feel a certain way. We like to find blame for how we feel the way we do.
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Research and practice have proven that Early Intervention produces immediate and long-term benefits for children with disabilities, their family and society.
As noted by the British Institute of Learning Disabilities
If you have ever tried to help loved ones experiencing prolonged, acute stress or someone trying to deal with a past traumatic experience, you may have noticed and realised that talking to them doesn’t seem to yield much success. These issues can so deeply affect people that verbalising them may be so difficult that it no longer becomes an option.
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When you think about it, it should be relatively easy to live a fulfilling life; but in practice, it seems to be incredibly difficult.
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You’ve likely heard it many times that loving yourself is essential to finding success and happiness, but given that we know it is an overused advice, many of us probably don’t really even know what it really means.
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Proper life skills instructions are immeasurably important for students with disabilities. The knowledge and skill interactions believed to be essential for adult independent living should be met at an early age for Special Needs students. These students require the proper education and support to learn these necessary behaviours.
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A communication disorder is a disorder that negatively affects the person’s ability to speak or engage in discussions with other people. It can range from the inability to understand their own native language, or it can be an inability to make the proper sounds necessary for speech.
It’s easy to jump to the conclusion that the child might have some other learning disorder, or in some cases, that the child may be misbehaving and being stubborn.
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