What could be more fascinating to a child than having an astronaut for a teacher. The astronauts will assist the children to learn the alphabet and vocabulary through educational demonstrations.
"NASA collaborated with Sesame Workshop, including the popular children’s television programs, "Sesame Street" and "The Electric Company," to create science, technology, engineering...
moreRaising your children is not easy. More often than not, you tend to shout at them when the overwhelming feeling has set in. Here are a few techniques that will help change your children's behavior:
1. “Whisper Technique“-We learn at an early age that anything that is being whispered MUST be something secretive worth listening to. Therefore, your child is more...
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Anger is an emotion that you feel when someone has offended or has done you wrong and you want to undo that by retribution. It's a feeling that you just want to dismiss because it often destroys relationships.
Here are some techniques to quickly lessen anger in any situation:
1. Chi...
moreOne of men's best characterics is persistence. When a man is determined to find something that can make his life more meaningful, he will stop at nothing to get what he wants. That is persistence! We are lucky that most of the scientists of our time are persistent in studying and looking for cures to all of men's ailments.
In the issue of journal neuron, Yale University...
moreChildren with autism not only have to deal with their curriculum activities. They also need to learn how to socialize with other people. According to a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) that focusing and early intervention on the lack of social skills of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) helped in improving this skill.
"Although some...
moreI't not easy being a child, especially when the child has a disability. Just like any normal child, children with disabilities wants to be accepted, valued, loved and feel included particulary by their peers.
Dr. Nancy Spencer-Cavaliere, an adapted physical activity expert, in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta, interviewed children...
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It is in human's nature to always lend a helping hand when one needs it. A lot of medical doctors are studying and formulating programs that would help people with learning disability. Dr. Samuel Orton and Anna Gillingham are one of them.
Dr. Orton is a neuropsychiatrist and pathologist who pioneered...
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Picture at Punctuation isa the third and final tool introduced as part of Davis' "Three Steps to Easier Reading" that gives students more than just improving their reading skills.
"The tool begins with a mental picture, that is formed by the reader whenever encountering...
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Disability also affects those who studies it. Yes, some doctors, physicians and surgeons, also have dyslexia. It was not easy for them to attain the position where they are right now.
"Gaining the skills to practice medicine and surgery was the easy part; lower education and overcoming the obstacles...
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Most of us are thinking of inventing or discovering something and naming it after you. Almost every scientific name available for diseases has been named after the one who discovered it. Asperger Syndrome is one of them.
Hans Asperger is an Austrian pediatrician, born onFeb. 18, 1906 and lived his...
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