Tag: asd
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7 Questions You Must Ask Your Child’s Teacher At Parent Consultation
The first half term of this academic year is crawling to a close. Many schools will be holding Parent Consultations which you’ll be invited to in order to discuss your child’s progress. Some of us approach these meetings with a certain amount of trepidation and looming dread. But I want you to be armed with…
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Don’t Waste Your Money On A Tutor
Tutors. Do we need them? For our lovely special children I’m not so sure. He has an extremely tricky time at school. Keeping focussed, keeping still, trying to process that complicated instruction, trying to just stay out of trouble. Then it’s home time. Yay! But wait. Time to go to the tutor. What do you…
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Are you feeling guilty about your child going back to school?
The school summer holidays are very long. Very very long if your child has ADHD or challenging behaviour. Days may have been stressful, exhausting and sometimes even a total nightmare. Days may have also been wonderful, entertaining and a complete joy. Parenting a child with ADHD can be totally and utterly exhausting as life is…
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Exclusion is outrageous
Exclusion. I read with interest today that the number of children excluded from English schools has increased dramatically. We know what this exclusion looks like. We can envisage classrooms where children’s behaviour is affecting the learning of others and the school is left with no choice. (Although I would argue that there is always another…