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Being a special needs teacher can be one of the most difficult jobs you’ll ever face. Your students have probably been through more than you can comprehend in their lives, and you are their safe haven where they learn and...
There are many challenges that special needs children face when growing up. Many of these challenges can be overcome with a little guidance from those around them and their peers. In fact, peer interaction is known to help create cognitive...
Every school day, students with special needs experience high levels of stress and anxiety, which makes teaching in the classroom a challenge. It is important to create a safe and welcoming learning environment when dealing with special needs children. Here...
Issues in managing classroom discipline of children with special needs with rules may be more evident during the pre-academic years. Therefore, it is necessary for teachers and parents to be aware of these problems, to use intervention strategies and to...
Dyslexia is a condition that may hamper a child’s growth in the absence of a proper support mechanism to guide them. While Dyslexia is usually termed a neurological disorder; however, when dug deeper, it can also be termed a visual...
It’s no secret that children with learning disabilities are harder to teach. But what can a teacher do when the student is non-verbal and doesn’t respond to conventional teaching methods? Use visual aids to teach children, of course! Visual aids...
The words “special needs” might make you assume there is something or someone deformed or broken. But the opposite is true. While special needs children do have unique challenges and gifts, they are also just kids who like to play...
Breaking down instructions into smaller and manageable tasks is a method used in managing children with special needs. This can improve the following: social skills, behavior, memory, communication and language skills, relationship building, motor skills, independence, and creativity. The goal...
Recent research into the development and acquisition of early literacy skills has come to the conclusion that rhyming plays an important role in a child’s emergent development. It will be very difficult for children to learn phonics and sight words...
Early Literacy probably just means literacy, but early in life, right? Wrong. Well not entirely. But Early Literacy and Literacy are not to be confused. Among the many skills a child learns in their lifetime, linguistic skills are some of...