Balance exericses increase cerebelluar function which in some Dyslexics and ADHD children is a little compromised. But not all, so it is not a catch-all cure. Nevertheless, balance exercise is good for everyone especially if they don’t ride bikes, play sport or other such activities. In balance, in the United States, was created to help …
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WHILE thousands of school leavers anxiously await their university offers on Thursday, those who miss out are urged not to despair – a successful career doesn’t have to hinge on tertiary education. Just ask Daniella Boutros, who at 16 was forced to quit school because of severe dyslexia but has gone on to forge two …
Are you a visual/spatial or auditory sequential learner? Do you think in pictures rather than words? Find it difficult to totally follow spoken information: facts, directions, instructions explanations? Remember what you see better than what you hear? Know things without being able to explain why? Need to see the big picture first and can then …
Recognise this? The visual Spatial Learner things primarily in images and pictures so sees the overall pattern, even if they miss small, unimportant details. They will tend to remember what they see, less so what they hear so visual aids are important in learning. While they can raise interest for complex problems and puzzles better …
For teachers “Teaching Thinking Skills across the primary Curriculum; a practical approach for all activities” edited by Belle Wallace, A NACE/Fulton publication (2001) (for the whole class, although an individual programme could be adapted from it) For parents ” Teaching your child Thinking skills” by Edward de Bono (penguin) The Somerset Thinking Skills Course a …
The rationale of thinking skills is to make explicit the components of thinking, allowing children to control and extend these skills to go beyond the specific present information to generalize to other situations, academic and real life. Because humans use many different symbolic systems to capture and communicate experience, we all have different styles (verbal, …
The classical model of Attention Deficit Disorder involves three major themes; inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity. A child can exhibit one or all of these trends to be diagnosed with this specific learning disability. In fact girls tend more often to exhibit inattention only, appearing dreamy and spaced out while boys are more often diagnosed with …