Some people with sensory processing disorder are oversensitive to things in their environment. Common sounds may be painful or overwhelming. The light touch of a shirt may chafe the skin...
What Is Shadow Teaching?
Shadow teaching is when an educational paraprofessional, like a teaching aide or assistant, works directly with young students who have learning differences to improve their classroom experience. A shadow teacher typically works with students in preschool or elementary school and understands childhood development, behavior management techniques...
What Is a Genius IQ Score?
IQ scores follow what is known as the bell curve. To understand what the score on an IQ test means, there are a few key terms that you should know...
5 Most Common Behavioral Issues
If you have OCD, you likely feel you’re drowning in a constant state of worry. OCD is characterized by thoughts, actions, and impulses that are chronic, uncontrollable, and intrusive. You might engage in behaviors like constant washing and cleaning, repeating phrases or prayers...
Ways to stop a panic attack
Panic attacks can make a person feel detached from reality. This is because the intensity of the anxiety can overtake other senses.If the person has recurring panic attacks, they can carry a specific familiar object to help ground them. This may be something like a smooth stone, a seashell, a small toy, or a hair clip...
A few things to note about seizure prevention
Seizure prevention and epilepsy management depend on taking your prescribed medications as well as maintaining an overall healthy lifestyle. Consider the following measures to discuss with a healthcare professional...
Getting to know the child you are trying to teach
Spend time with the child. Given your background research and reading up, you will have gained a good insight into what the child likes/dislikes. Start off by observing the child by waiting in the background. This will help you get to know his/her facial expressions...
What are seizures?
Sometimes no one sees the beginning of a seizure. For example, someone may wake up in the middle of the night and observe their partner having a seizure...
How to Tell If You Have Anxiety: 10 Signs and Symptoms
These particular symptoms can be quite severe and paralyzing. A feeling that something bad is about to happen, or is in the process of happening, can sometimes appear out of nowhere. According to the American Psychological Association...
Child with Speech Delay
Mental retardation is the most common cause of speech delay, accounting for more than 50 percent of cases.8 A mentally retarded child demonstrates global language delay and also has delayed auditory comprehension and delayed use of gestures...