Tag: school
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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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Why it’s vital to train teachers about special needs
Guess how much training new teachers get in learning about special needs? You may think that this extremely important area of teaching would get quality instruction. So perhaps out of a 3 year course, at least a block of say 3 months. No. What about 3 weeks. No guess again. 3 days. No try…
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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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What you ought to know about keeping your life in balance
How to keep the balance right between bad times and good times in your life