If you are just hearing about it or heard about it from someone else and want to know more, CAE’s WSQ Early Intervention Principles and Practices may help you understand more about what it is and why it can be beneficial for children.

Speech and language development may give the impression they are the same thing. While they are related, they are also quite different.

The development of a child’s speech and language development tend to follow a known pattern. It’s not always a cause for concern if a child’s development is a little slower than typical as children do develop at different paces. There are things you can watch out for.

Inclusive education allows age appropriate exceptional students to attend regular schools with their peers instead of special education schools. It has been around for decades and implemented across many different countries to some success. There are several benefits to an inclusive education for the exceptional child.

A child that appears to be ‘in their own world’ is a child that may be struggling to maintain conversations, not answering question posed to them and they might also be talking to themselves. This is one of the common signs that the child has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

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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

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Getting a child to listen is not always the easiest thing to do in the world, but learning how to get a child to listen becomes especially important for children with special needs.

Children have a variety of reasons for not listening to their parents, guardian, or teachers.

Early childhood intervention is an educational and support system for young children who have developmental delays or disabilities. It also supports children who may have been victims of abuse or neglect.

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.

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