The holidays may be a very rough, chaotic time for children with special needs. There are a lot of non-routine activities happening all around them all at once, with familiar and unfamiliar friends and families showing up. For many children with special needs, this can be excess stimuli. Read more
Teaching a child with learning disabilities can be tough because it requires patience, knowledge, and the correct teaching methods to help that particular child learn. Due to the wide variety of learning disabilities, there’s no single way to teach children with learning disabilities. Sometimes it can be discouraging to see the child learning but they have a difficult time recalling what they learned. Read more
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
As a parent, you probably already spend a lot of time with your child; but if your instinct is to be even more involved, you may be on to something. Beyond just the time that parents spend with their child, the parent’s emotional involvement in a child’s development can be crucial to how the child develops emotionally, psychologically, socially. Read more
Speech and language development may give the impression they are the same thing. While they are related, they are also quite different.
SPEECH
is the verbal means of communications and consists of the rhythm of speech, the sounds produced, and how sounds are made. Read more
If you have noticed your child is not speaking as scheduled, there is no need to be alarmed. Speech and language development in children is progressive but the schedule of development is not strict. One child may speak slightly earlier and be more developed than another but it could just mean they are developing at a different pace and is to be expected. Read more
Some people may say that it is how creative the teacher is that makes them special. Maybe it’s their ability to infuse learning with humour, or their patience and compassion that make them memorable. Others may think a teacher with a quirky and infectious personality makes for a memorable teacher. Perhaps the teacher is just really, really knowledgeable. Read more
The demand for Special Needs education in Singapore will continue to grow over the next few years and into the foreseeable future. The Straits Times shed light recently on the increasing demand for educators, Special Needs schools and voluntary welfare organisations to increase their capacity in Singapore. Read more
Dyslexia is the most common learning disability affecting up to 10% of the population; yet misconceptions and myths run rampant. We have all heard them at some point. A common example is that dyslexic children are not smart and have lower IQ, or dyslexic people can’t read. Read more
Specific learning disability (SLD) is a disorder that can manifest itself in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and mathematical calculation. Dyslexia is an example of a specific learning disability. SLD is often difficult to diagnose and often gets mixed up with autism spectrum disorders or attention deficit disorders. Read more
