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A day in the life of Delsa - SLT
A day in the life of Ying - OT
3 Reasons Why Change Is So Difficult For Some Children and How To Help Them Through It
Change is difficult for most people, including well-adjusted and optimistic adults. It’s stressful. Yet change is a part of life, so it’s important to help children learn how to successfully adapt. Some children have a particularly difficult time managing change.
Temperament
Children are born with temperament. It’s genetic and occurs during prenatal development. Parents know this intuitively as they realize their newborn child has a personality. This personality can be influenced during early childhood development and it can be formed based on experiences and the temperaments of the parents.
Children who have a tendency to be more negative, fearful, or slow to warm up may struggle a bit more with change than easygoing children. Parents can help these types of children by focusing on the positive aspects of change and encouraging the child to learn to differentiate between realistic thoughts and anxiety-driven thoughts.
Trust and Attachment Issues
Some children, for a variety of reasons, have difficulty with trust or they may have attachment issues. For these children, change can be traumatic. If you have a child that may be dealing with these types of challenges, it’s always a good idea to help the child
From Acorns to Oaks - Bangkok Bigchilli Magazine article - Sept 2014
THE lack of support services for children with learning difficulties and other neurological problems in Thailand may not register on most people’s radars, but what if you’re a parent of a child diagnosed with Down syndrome, Autism, or attention deficit disorder? Where do you go to ensure your child gets the assistance they need to develop and reach their full potential?
These were exactly the questions swimming around British expat Alison Owen’s head when, together with her family, she moved to Thailand in the early ’90s following her husband’s new job, and discovered that parents of children with learning difficulties couldn’t find suitable resources for their kids.
“Not long after moving here I began helping out with children at an international school,” explains Alison, an occupational therapist with over 25 years’ experience, “an
Making a difference
June 4, 2002
St. Andrews students are like those in any school, some of them have special needs. They and their mainstream peers benefit from a programme that meets individual needs
Look in on an average class of twenty youngsters. One child never sits upright in his desk, he is dismissed as lazy. Another flies into a tantrum at the slightest disruption in the class, he is sent out of the room. A child writes many of her letters backward and gets her friends to read to her, she's thought to be a slow learner. The quiet child who is never included in playground games becomes known as a loner.
Labeled and isolated as they are, many such students start on a downward spiral of failure. Eventually they feel "I'm no good. I can't do this."
It doesn't have to be that way insists Robert Kennet, Managing Director of the family of St. Andrews Schools. With Kennet, Mary Gibb, Head of School at the small Sukhumvit 71 campus, leads a staff that is ..............