Category: Special needs

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Developing Comprehension in Neurodiverse Children

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Neurodiversity celebrates the many ways that our brains work. It encompasses conditions such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, and more. Knowing what neurodiversity is enables us to provide education that is specific to each student, encouraging a growth mindset and appreciating their individual strengths. In this post we will explore Bloom’s Taxonomy in the context of minimally verbal autistic children.

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Math Learning Disorders: Understanding the Challenges and Finding Effective Solutions

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When acquiring math facts fluently, autism and learning problems might pose special difficulties. For children with these problems, learning basic math facts can be challenging since they may have trouble with recall, automaticity, and precision. Yet, individuals with autism and learning disabilities can develop math fact fluency and succeed in math with the correct tools and assistance. In this piece, we’ll examine math fact fluency, why it’s significant, and how parents and teachers can help individuals with autism and other disabilities develop it.

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Dyslexia Gold – A review

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I’ve previously discussed my son’s language disorder struggles that have an impact on his reading skills. He tends to skim through text, not read clearly from time to time.  I am hence continually looking for resources that can help him. We just had the opportunity to review Dyslexia Gold‘s Dyslexia Gold Full Bundle. He loves it, and you can read on how immensely it helped our situation.

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Differentiation of instruction, is it really needed?

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The child is ready when he/she is!  You may have heard this several times, when it comes to educating a child with special needs.  Well, do we know when they are ready?  Are we doing anything to make them ready, like we do in all other arenas of their life?  Does repetition alone mean quality instruction that has been well tried?  These are some questions that come to the mind of a well intentioned parent/caregiver when they are dealing with a child having diverse needs.  If you are one of them then read on!

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Teaching with Clicker software – Assistive technology for education.

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It’s been an interesting journey teaching my child who has strong auditory and visual skills, however, is minimally verbal(on the spectrum).  In this post, I share with you what worked for us and developed his speech and writing skills further, steering his learning experience in a very positive way!  Every parent’s dream, come read on to find out more!

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Special needs and the maze of sleep issues! How to navigate?

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Did you know with special needs you have sleep issues lurking as a co-morbidity?  Yes, while a parent/caregiver is so soaked up dealing with other delays their child has, it seems inevitable to glide over or just simple live through the sleep disturbances your child is presenting. In the vast schema of things like speech, adaptive milestones, I was exhausted to look at sleep as a separate issue to deal with.  My son with ASD had both – delayed sleep onset and sleep awakenings.  After taking hours to fall asleep, he would wake up at random times and stay awake

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Sound healing therapy. Did you know about it?

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Do you have a child who is good at certain things but struggles with executive functioning and focus in general?  Do you find your kid fidgety, lacking attention and emotional regulation has a diagnosis of ASD, ADD, ADHD, or auditory processing disorder?  Does your child suffer in day-to-day life or school due to learning and communication disorders? Then keep reading… I have always been on the lookout for multisensory approaches to support learning.  Sound healing therapy uses aspects of music to improve physical and emotional health and well-being.  My son is minimally verbal(has delayed echolalia) and possesses a great liking

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