What is early childhood intervention?

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Early childhood intervention is an education and support system for children with developmental delays and learning disabilities.

Early Intervention targets children from birth to the age of three as this is the window when the foundation of key skills are learned. This allows parents and educators to redirect the child’s mind earlier towards skills such as language and social interaction. It will redirect children in learning how to communicate, participate and engage with their peers, society and family. By the time the child enters school, they have a better chance at being developmentally on par with their peers, or in some cases, even more advanced.

Early intervention can help to lessen the impact of raising children with special needs.

Is envy really bad?

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Envy is often associated with negativity. For many people, envy ranks as one of the worst traits to have or be associated with. This emotion is so vilified that it’s completely understandable why so many people find it difficult to accept that it is a common and natural emotion. Read more

Is sadness a sign of unhappiness?

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When we think about what happy people look like, we visualise people who might be living carefree, smiling, travelling, and just being happy-go-lucky. This is the image that is illustrated for us and it is incredibly effective in drawing a picture of what happiness is supposed to look like. Read more

How do you manage classroom disruptions?

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One of the most challenging situations to deal with as an educator or parent of special needs children is classroom disruption. Disruptions impede the learning process and create additional stress for the child and other students. Read more

How easy is it to identify ADHD?

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Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed neurodevelopmental disorder. ADHD is often diagnosed in early childhood and is characterised by an inability to focus, forgetfulness, hyperactivity, and often an inability to get along with peer groups.

While it may seem easy enough to identify, the reality is that ADHD can be quite tricky to identify.

The symptoms are so broad that many normal behaviour can easily be misidentified as behaviour consistent with ADHD. As a result, parents and educators are left having to deal with unfair misconception and misinformation that could potentially negatively affect the child’s development and the kind of help that they may require. Read more

How do you know you aren’t making things worse?

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We have a tendency to want to help one another. This can be especially true for friends, relatives, and loved ones. It is a way of ensuring the people we care about are doing well and are happy. This is why friends and family confide in each other, often about very sensitive and personal topics. These can range from fears, doubts, relationship issues or other life concerns. A lot of times, we also share our achievements and happiness with each other. Read more

3 More benefits of Counselling

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It is only in recent years that more people have given serious consideration to dealing with mental and emotional health. In a hectic place like Singapore, or any large metropolis, stress is a constant, and pressing matter that often negatively affects millions of people. These high stress environments where people are expected to perform and live up to expectations of material success has caused a generation of people to suffer in silence. Read more

What are telltale signs of Dyslexia in children?

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The common understanding of dyslexia is that it causes children to read backwards. Sometimes people might even think it means children can’t read. While some misconceptions about dyslexia may be based upon some amount of truth, many of it are also just misconceptions and myths. Read more

Is there a healthy way to handle stress?

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We know that there are two types of stress – ‘eustress’ or good stress, one that is beneficial and motivating, and ‘distress’ or bad stress, which cause anxiety and affect your overall health. Stress can come in the form of emotional, physical or mental stress. Read more

Is avoiding conflict always the best decision?

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Some of the most common types of conflicts we will face in our lives are interpersonal conflicts. Interpersonal conflicts can happen between our family members, our partner, colleagues, or even strangers. We will all face this as a matter of course, even in our day to day interactions. Read more