Tag: learning difficulties

  • Autism and Schools, Post

    Autism and Schools, Post

    Autism and Schools Autism and Schools concern parents and teachers!  How children with a Level 1 diagnosis are taught is of special concern. 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…

  • Vision Impaired Children – Lessons

    Vision Impaired Children – Lessons

    Vision Impaired Children – Lessons  Our lesson packs may be very suitable for vision impaired children. Link: Clear the Clutter, Post Lesson packs are in Arial typeface, 16pt up to Grade 5 or 6. Lesson packs are written in 14pt for higher grades. In some packs for Middle Primary School the written tasks section may be…

  • Some Children Can’t Write, Post

    Some Children Can’t Write, Post

    Some Children Can’t Write Some Children Can’t Write but they can improve! Links:  Upper Primary School, Page, Middle Primary School, Page , Early Primary School, Page, Early Secondary School, Page.  These pages give you an overview of Tutoring Primary and many links to products. What affects people’s ability to write? This question includes “what affects children’s ability to…

  • Clear the Clutter, Post

    Clear the Clutter, Post

    Clear the Clutter Clear the Clutter. 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…

  • Dyslexia and Early Literacy, Post

    Dyslexia and Early Literacy, Post

    Dyslexia and Early Literacy Dyslexia and Early Literacy offers hints on how to improve the teaching of dyslexic students. 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…

  • Behind The Scene In Schools, Post

    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.

  • Weak Reader, Post

    Weak Reader, Post

    As teachers we don’t want children falling through the gaps. Parents of children with a learning difficulty need the same information but a lot more support, ideas and help.

  • Autism Level 1, Post

    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.…

  • Teaching the Dyslexic Child, Post

    Teaching the Dyslexic Child, Post

    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…

  • Teaching the Dyslexic Child No 2

    Teaching the Dyslexic Child No 2

    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…