The reason we use OT is to teach the kids how to self regulate. Your mom's right he'll need to be out in society working soon, so if he can find tools to help him master his behavior and surroundings the better. Encourage him to seek what makes him work to his best ability. Apr...
In Brazil, theeducational Laws recognize this group, but the Brazilian educational systemstill struggles to properly attend them. Unfortunately, most teachers andprofessors that are supposed to help this group to get the best of theirgiftedness and high skills for the good of these kids and ...
I find it deeply distressing that in their attempt to make sure others don’t feel badly, the school plays down the ability of these students and seeks to minimize it. I asked Rachel, “Don’t the other kids figure it out?” She answered, “The teachers do a good job making it seem...
I worry most about our kids–gifted kids see and experience the world differently, and I’m concerned that those differences will be forced underground by those who demand blind compliance. Thinking outside the box, advocating for their needs and the needs of others, seeking justice…all things...
and attention, and friendship struggles. I am passionate about using a strengths-based model of therapy that weaves in evidence-based (CBTandACT), neuroscience-informed, culturally-responsive and neurodiversity-affirming approaches tailored to each individual. I provide a safe space for kids and ...
Now you're going to get a taste of how the majority of the world works to raise their kids because you got selfish and entitled with the vast amount of luxury and privilege you had. Now you're going to have to find a job, and you'll find out that it's very hard to...
That means swapping her home-schooling in their pastel house edged with palm trees for a real classroom and other kids her age. Mary’s outstanding mathematical abilities soon attract the attention of the local school staff – as well as Frank’s formidable mother. What follows is a messy ...
know the science she was taught that day. Xylem and phloem were unknown to them and their science teachers said they were too difficult of concepts for their middle school students. For some students they may be, but this just shows what kids are missing when differentiation does not take ...
Look.Observe what happens when the child is struggling (and not) and consider the settings where struggles arise. Question what factors seem to be at play, and whether the child may be compensating for a deficit. Know that some 2e kids learn to camouflage their condition early on, tricking ...
I learned a lot about teaching kids how to organise their thinking, how to understand how to plan. Or maybe more accurately, I learned a lot about the kinds of processes that model organised thinking, the kinds of activities that help kids develop organisational and planning skills. I’ve le...