Maybe you’ve heard the term ‘high-functioning’ being used to describe another person before. It’s not common to hear, but it does happen. It pops up more often when dealing with people with special needs.

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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 having a difficult time recalling what they’ve learned.

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.

There are many adults who aren’t too bothered by children’s disruptive behaviours, but it’s easy to see why some adults would be more concerned. Disruptive behaviours can sometimes mean something deeper needs to be addressed.

Being an educator is incredibly meaningful but comes with many challenges. The preparation needed to conduct the lesson, the nerve-wracking encounter with the parents to inform of their child’ progress and the look of joy or sadness after receiving their exam results. These are part of the learning process a typical educator must go through.