Tag: parents
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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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What your child’s new teacher must know
Who knows your child best of all? You. When your child goes back to school next week, the new teacher almost certainly will not have the first idea how to really manage your child’s behaviour. Therefore it is up to you to make sure the new teacher knows the facts. I don’t want to fill…
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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…
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Keep Cool And Carry On (7 Ways To Avoid Melting)
It’s been unbelievably boiling hot these past few days (total understatement!). It’s really hard to cope and function in this weather and our special children are really suffering. None of us are sleeping and we are all knackered and tired. We are tetchy, irritable and exhausted from the heat. The consequence of this is there…