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
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. Read more
If you have been working for years as an educator for special needs children, you have seen and understand how important all your efforts are, big and small, in helping to guide and educate the children under your care. You have guided them, and you have seen the challenges required, and maybe even helped implement unique intervention and lesson plans best suited to help your students gain the confidence and skills they will need in society. Read more
Speech and language disorders are some of the most common disabilities in young children. They are also often preventable and reversible when detected early enough and given proper intervention. Unfortunately many children go undiagnosed and the disorder becomes more difficult to address as the years roll on. Read more
Special Education is a field that has seen an incredible demand and growth for qualified educators. In the foreseeable future, more demand will be placed for educators with specialised training and expertise. Your experience and expertise will be required to help chart the way forward in the field of special education, whether you are dealing with funding, staffing issues, or developing effective curriculum and policies. 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
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.
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After a child has been diagnosed with a learning disorder or other disabilities, early intervention may be necessary to help the child develop to their capabilities. Individual education plans may be developed that are tailored to the child’s specific needs to help correct for the learning disorder, whether it is dyslexia, dyspraxia, or other disorders. Read more
Special Education is a field that has seen an incredible demand and growth for qualified educators. As more schools become inclusive and requires more training and expertise, you will be in high demand. Your expertise and experience will help chart the way forward in the field of special education, whether you are dealing with funding, staffing issues, or developing effective curriculum and policies.
This opens up opportunities for people who have experience, will, and heart to make positive contributions to children, and educators working with special needs children. Read more
Each of us have different handwriting styles. Some are neat while others are sloppy and misaligned, yet still remain legible. It is when the handwriting is illegible that you must take special note of. Children who have trouble expressing themselves in writing may have a condition known as ‘Dysgraphia’. The term comes from the Greek words dys, which means “impaired”, and graphia, meaning “writing letter by hand”. Read more
