Category Archives: Learning Disabilities

What is success and what is failure? Is success an absolute or is it an idea we pursue? Because the moment you arrive there is always a point further ahead at which you have yet to arrive. In the chase of success we are faced with challenges and conflicts. Even when you have “arrived”, there is no rest for you because now you want more and more. A mind that is constantly demanding ‘more’ is not an intelligent mind, it’s a mediocre, stupid mind because its dem......
Ad far back as 1980 a cover story in Time “The Golden Ticket” described in unflattering terms “what MBA’s have done to us” This theme continued throughout the decade of the 1980s, when soaring wall street salaries, During the dot-com craze, many B-school candidates were injured to Internet companies, with is pervasive amongst all industries spanning the medical, governmental, academic, and financial worlds. Since its inception, there has been no standard unifo......
What is ABA training? This is something developed around the science known as Applied Behavior Analysis or ABA. When someone seeks out ABA training, it is usually as a means of helping someone with Autism to develop more beneficial or effective social behaviors. Autism can often impact the individualís social, cognitive, academic, motor and self-help skills, and the training helps parents and teachers to recognize and change these behavioral issues. Why is ABA training so commonly connecte......
to prevent bullying The moment Jack got on the school bus everyone groaned. He was so fat that someone would end up getting squashed. He felt bullied. In such instances tell your child this: Every time you say or do something to another living being, you get a response. It can range from extremely subtle, such as a raised eyebrow or a stare, to the very obvious, such as a mean tease or a kick in the shins. The response is called feedback. You use feedback to identify nice and nasty people.......
Throughout various schools in different countries, the population of students diagnosed with learning disorders continues to grow through time. But then, efforts from both the government and educational institutions are forged together in order to yield an effective approach in providing all the academic needs of learning impaired students. These schools that provide special education degree have been working nonstop to come up with special education programs while parents on the other han......
For children with autism spectrum disorder, learning behaviors can be very difficult.  While most children learn easily from observing their peers and from the scolding and guidance of their parents, children with autism spectrum disorder have difficulties learning in these manners.  Inferences are often impossible for children with these disorders, and attention from scolding is not differentiated from attention for doing something good, which makes it seem almost impossible for parents t......
By Scott Hayes (http://www.lapelpinsplus.com) According to the Right to Read Foundation, a reported 42 million American adults cannot read at all.  Over 50 million are unable to read at the same level expected of fourth and fifth graders.  An even more alarming number states that every year, 2.25 million adults are reported as functionally illiterate.  Individuals and organizations are working hard to change this but often need the help of volunteers and donors to accomplish all of their g......
The case of learning impairments among students in colleges and universities is an extremely important mental health issue that should be given appropriate attention. Parents also suffer firsthand the constant aftermath of such impairments on their students. And as such, they are the primary responsible in looking after their students by providing them only the best choices of special ed schools. Since learning impairment has several different types, students diagnosed suffering from it sh......
When you look at the diagnosis rate for autism spectrum disorders, you will find that it is incredibly high, yet if you ask the average principal how many students in a school have the disorder, you will likely get an incredibly low number.  The simple fact is that autism is often unrecognized in schools, and kids every day fall through the cracks, labeled simply as learning impaired or as behaviorally challenged, when in truth there is a medical condition that can be treated through prope......
An online master’s degree education may provide you with the opportunity to carry on with your education at a time and pace suitable for you. However, it may be difficult to know if an online program of study is the right option for you. Before you enroll yourself in any kind of online master’s degree education program, consider some important factors. Consider why you want to earn a master’s degree, and also consider if earning the master’s degree will help you ach......