Autism and Schools Autism and Schools concern parents and teachers and how children with a Level 1 diagnosis are taught. While the DSM-V removed Asperger’s Syndrome as a separate diagnosis, it includes it on the Autism Spectrum. It replaces Asperger’s with the name, Level 1 Autism, but the diagnostic descriptors are the same. Link on […]
Vision Impaired Children – Lessons
Vision Impaired Children – Lessons Our lesson packs may be very suitable for vision impaired children. Materials are in Calabri 16pt up to about Grade 5 or 6. For higher grades they are written in 14pt. In some packs the written tasks section may be in 14pt. This is to save space and reduce the […]
Some Children Can’t Write What affects people’s ability to write? This question includes “what affects children’s ability to write?” May be ADHD Developmental Language Disorder (DLD); or Aspergers (first level of autism). Learning difficulties can mean Some Children Can’t Write. In this post, the theme is teachers may be able to do better. More teaching. More […]
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Clear the Classroom Clear the Classroom. Classroom clutter confuses, especially weaker students. Now there’s a run of Cs for you.The classroom clutter overhead, on every wall, and every space harks back to earlier decades when Whole Language Theory dominated the teaching of literacy. Associated with Whole Language in the primary classroom was the idea of immersion in […]
Dyslexia and Early Literacy, Post
Dyslexia and Early Literacy Explain to the student that Our alphabet has twenty six letters. And there are other alphabets that have more letters. As we only have twenty-six letters, fifty two if we include capital letters, we use them in combinations to create other sounds such as ‘th’ and ‘oa’. The letter ‘y’ […]
Behind the Scene in Schools, Post
You could find that Grade 3 material is being taught as if it is Grade 2. And children are being assessed for Grade 2 on Grade 3 materials.
Continue Reading...Autism Level 1, Post
Autism Level 1 In Autism Level 1, known as Aspergers Syndrome in the past, is the focus. How a diagnosis is made: DSM or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and the ICD, The International Classification of Diseases are the two most influential and widely used handbooks when diagnosing Asperger’s syndrome in English-speaking countries. […]
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Teaching the Dyslexic Child Dyslexia and dysgraphia have been discussed extensively. And teaching the dyslexic child presents special challenges. Research is ongoing and progress is being made. However, Dr Jon Lieff warns that there is still much we don’t know and advises caution in response to new findings (http://www.searchijonlieffmd.com/…/can-neuroscience-improve-education). Much that has been written about […]
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Teaching the Dyslexic Child No 2 Dyslexia affects about 4% of children in English-speaking countries. Teaching the Dyslexic Child has particular challenges. The better we understand the facts about it, the better we can address the problem. Many children learn quickly through implicit teaching. They catch on. But dyslexic children need instruction spelled out with […]