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Category Archives: Special Education Needs
ADHD Awareness Month 2014
October is ADHD Awareness month, so here are a few key facts: *ADHD is a brain-based medical disorder. *ADHD affects people of every age, class and IQ range. * ADHD is typified by an on-going pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that gets … Continue reading
Help with Literacy for Disabled Adults in Trafford
Do you know an adult with a disability who would like to improve their literacy (reading and writing) skills? Trafford Centre for Independent Living (Trafford CIL) runs classes in literacy for adult learners in Trafford. These classes run Thursday 10am-12pm and Friday … Continue reading
Creating and Encouraging Positive Attitudes Towards Disability
SandraScott@PositiveAttitudes is an inspiring new service aimed at developing positive attitudes towards disabled people. Sandra Scott is running dynamic workshops for primary-aged children that will give them an understanding of a range of disabilities through a series of engaging activities. … Continue reading
The Simultaneous Oral Spelling Method in Ten Easy Steps at Home
The Simultaneous Oral Spelling method can be highly effective in improving spelling scores. This technique combines audio (hearing), visual (seeing) and kinaesthetic (touch/ doing) methods, helping children remember how to spell the words they practise. It’s a very easy method … Continue reading
Summer School at Better Tuition, Urmston
Book your place on Better Tuition’s Summer School. [UPDATE – 26th June 2018: this is an archive post. To find out about Summer School 2018, please follow this link. Summer beckons and, as schools begin to wind down and enjoy less academic … Continue reading
Walk to School: Discover, Explore, Create
An early morning walk to school is the perfect way to start the day. Walking to school means you and your child can explore the environment, discover new things and it doesn’t hurt that it builds exercise in to our day. … Continue reading
Autism Awareness Month: April 2013
April is Autism Awareness Month and World Autism Awareness Day on 2nd April was observed and celebrated across the world, from Islamabad to Ilford and Ipanema. More than one in every 100 people is autistic and diagnostic rates are increasing … Continue reading
Posted in Aspergers, Autism, News and Updates, Special Education Needs
Tagged asperger's, autism, high functioning autism
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New Asperger’s Support Group Meeting in Urmston this Week
Better Tuition is hosting the first planning meeting of a new, as yet unnamed support group for children and young people with Asperger’s/ high-functioning autism on Wednesday of this week. The group aims to support any young person who has … Continue reading
SEN Awareness Week: illiteracy in adults
What would it like to be a Muggle in the magical world of books, texting, online adventures in social media and interactive television? How isolated would you feel if you thought everyone else could read and you couldn’t? Over five … Continue reading
Posted in literacy, Special Education Needs
Tagged adult learning, functional illiteracy, illiteracy
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Special Needs Awareness Week: what is selective mutism? Guest post from Jayne Dillon
This is a guest post from Davyhulme’s most celebrated cat companion, Jayne Dillon (follow her on Twitter). Jayne’s cat won global media attention when she won Cat Protection’s Cat of the Year 2012, due to her special relationship with Jayne’s … Continue reading