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Adolescence can be the cruelest place on earth. It can really be heartless.  ( Tori Amos)

Being a parent of a teenager can cure a person of narcissism.

The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice. (Peggy O'Mara)

Relationships matter:  change comes through forming trusting relationships. People, not programs change people.

Don't wait for him to turn 10 before you reveal that you are not in fact the hired help whose job it is to clean up after him.

If there is no relationship - nothing else matters !

The mistake that Sharon and I both made is we never set any boundaries.  (Ozzy Osbourne)

Setting limits teaches your children valuable skills they will use the rest of their lives. One day, they will report to a job where their ability to follow rules will dictate their success.

It is what we say and do when we're angry that creates the very model our children will follow when dealing with their own frustrations.

If it  was going to be easy to raise kids, it never would have started with something called "labour".

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Brain Facts # 1

 

 

The traditional school environment works well for children when their natural love for learning is sound and for children whose brains are hardwired to be able to sit, behave and stay focused in a classroom. The traditional environment however does not work well for those children who are not so blessed. Welcome to the world of the Child & Youth Worker  whose job it is to figure out how to make life  better for exceptional children.

All of our behaviour  (conscious and unconscious) is controlled by our brain. I am teaching a psychology course in the  first year Child & Youth Worker program at Fanshawe College (Woodstock, Ontario campus) called “Special Education & Assistive Technology”.  I  will be devoting each Tuesday’s blog (for the next 15 weeks) to information dealing with the form, function and health of the human brain as part of this course and it is meant to compliment the course work. I believe it will be of interest to all of my regular readers also.

“No discussion about human learning should ever take place unless the human brain is the centerpiece of the discussion.”(Kenneth Wesson)

 

CLASSROOM & HOMEWORK TIPS for SPECIAL LEARNERS 

#1. Do a Quick Review Before Class  – Review textbook chapters before the teacher lectures about this in class. This process gives your brain enough knowledge to help you pay better attention in class. You can reduce study and homework time if you have a deeper understanding of the material.

 

 

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