10 Tips on Talking to Your Children About Terror Attacks It is not possible to shield our children from the events such as the events that Canada has experienced this past week. They see and hear the stories on TV, radio, in the newspaper and they also note the emotional responses from the adults in their lives. The experts on such matters offer the following advice: 1. Remain calm. This will help your child […]
BEHAVIOURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FASD Learning Disabilities: – academic – ADD/ADHD – speech & language – information processing – patterning problems Poor impulse control Inability to relate behaviour to consequences No sense of connection to societal rules Poor short term memory Inconsistent knowledge base Poor personal boundaries Confusion under pressure Difficulty grasping abstract concepts Inability to manage anger (own or other’s) Poor judgement Stubborn These characteristics can be quite overwhelming to the child, parent and […]
The following anecdote illustrates the effectiveness of medication with some children. A group of psychiatrists conducted a study that included videotaping ADHD children and their mothers in the following play situations: a) observing play before Ritalin started b) observing play after Ritalin Conditions – child and mother are in a play room with lots of toys and a 2 way mirror […]
Baby Teeth By the age of 6 or 7, the first adult teeth begin to replace baby teeth. They come in at the back of the mouth, behind the last baby teeth. They do not replace any primary (baby) teeth. The roots of some of the primary teeth become weak at about 6 years old and the tooth falls out. Children lose baby teeth until they are about 12 years old. It’s OK for children […]
Can you read these? 1. Msot of the wrdos in tihs scetenne are slelped icnrceorlty and yet you are slitl albe to raed it wtuhot mcuh ducfltiify. 2. thewordsinthissentenceareallspelledcorrectlybutitisprobablymoredifficulttoreadthansentencenumberone. The sentences you just read illustrate what a complex skill reading actually is. You did not use your phonics skills or your whole language skills to read the sentences because most of the words do not conform to the “rules”. And yet you were able […]
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