Teaching Left Handers to Write Handwriting Factsheet

From a SLT angle, I tend to look for patterns of listening and patterns of words that are less-easily recalled for speech (or writing). We see a learner who may recall a word, but gets stuck with it ‘on the tip of their tongue’, or who uses words from a semantic group interchangeably, or who …
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Research shows that approximately one in ten children in the UK are known to suffer from severe psychological disorders such as depression, obsessive thoughts, anxiety and self-harm. It is suggested that teachers and schools can play a key role in supporting these children as around 40% of them don’t receive and kind of specialist help. …
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This is a condition where colour vision is normal but children cannot name colours even though they may be able to match them. Children with this condition can sort into different colours and may be able to consistently name black and white. This condition may be related to an impaired short term memory. Further Information …
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Children who are fostered or are living in residential care away from their natural parents are among the groups most likely to underachieve and to have special educational needs. In some local authorities schools are required to have drawn up policies to address this issue. It is likely that one teacher will be designated to …
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Teachers often have to deal with the special needs of children who are dealing with a bereavement, especially if the child(ren) do not show obvious signs of distress. It may be best to tell pupils of the death of a member of staff or pupil, just before the end of the day so that they …
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People with this condition find it difficult to process words in order to receive the meaning. It is not a hearing problem and they may well be able to repeat the words back. This may be one of the primary causes of dyslexia. APD is not a medical condition and it is not one which …
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Traveller Education (NI) The Department of Education has offered a definition of the Irish Traveller Community as “a community of people….who are identified (by themselves and others) as people with a shared history, cultures and traditions, including, historically, a nomadic way of life on the island of Ireland. This includes those Travellers who live in ‘settled’ …
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Boards of Management are expected to have in place a ‘Code of Behaviour’ which all parents have been given and are expected to agree to when enrolling their child in a recognised school. It will also state what measures may be taken when a pupil fails or refuses to observe those standards. It will explain …
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Legislation in the 1996 & 1998 Education Acts lays down the requirements which every school in Northern Ireland must follow. In addition to including the legal requirements, each Education and Library Board and the CCMS has produced their own policy on suspension and expulsion. Suspension A pupil can be suspended for a maximum of 5 …
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