How does a learning disability affect the child?

How does a learning disability affect the child?

After a child is diagnosed with a learning disability, it’s assumed this will greatly affect their ability to learn. In some sense it may be true, but in another, this need not be the case. When diagnosed early enough, the effects of the child’s learning disability can be mitigated with the proper intervention strategies and the right education for both the child, parent, and educator.

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Jump ahead with your career in Special Education!

Jump ahead with your career in Special Education!

Jump ahead with your career in the special education industry with CAE’s WSQ Early Intervention Principles and Practices. This WSQ course is a short 2-day (15.5 hrs) course that will help better equip you with skills to educate students and children under your care, whether you are a preschool teacher, special needs educator, or allied educator.

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Can forgiveness lead to happiness?

Can forgiveness lead to happiness?

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned. -Buddha

Some who have sought out the secret to happiness believe that maybe there is no secret. It could be a conscious set of things we can do each day that will help us feel better, live longer, and be healthier. One of those things that we can do is to learn to forgive one another for the things we do consciously or unconsciously that can cause harm to others. There are many benefits to forgiveness alone, but the simple fact that it will help us be happier is enough to say it is a thing worth doing. Let’s look at some simple ways we can practice forgiveness.

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Play Therapy for dealing with Trauma

Play Therapy for dealing with Trauma

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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Have you ever listened to yourself?

Have you ever listened to yourself?

When doctors ask about your symptoms, you will likely tell them everything that feels wrong and give a decent picture of what is going on with your body. Here, you are paying attention to your body, listening to what it has to say, and relaying that to a professional to get help. This is a skill you should practice more often, not just for physical issues but also for your emotional health.

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How does Play Therapy benefit a child?

How does Play Therapy benefit a child?

Play Therapy is an intervention strategy to help children safely communicate and express their feelings and thoughts naturally in order to deal with trauma, loss, delayed development, and other developmental and social issues. Play therapy is fun, free-flowing, non-directed, and effective.
Play therapy allows people who are experiencing emotional or behavioural issues to open up their emotions in the safe space of the ‘playroom’, where they are allowed to face their thoughts and emotions nonverbally.

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