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Developing Phonics:       Encouraging Good Reading Habits For Children:   Why Does My Child Not Enjoy Reading? Not every child enjoys reading. Some common reasons why your child may not like to read include: Your child regards reading as...

Language: - Words and language are powerful tools by that we as people use to express ideas. - Words and the meanings we attach to these words very much impact, influence, and change the attitudes that we have towards the...

Gravitational Insecurity: - Gravitational insecurity is a sensory integration issue which causes a child to react to movements in an extreme manner. - Our relationship with gravity is our most important sense of security, and is linked to our vestibular system....

Why Appointments Are Hard For Autistic Children & Teenagers: - Many autistic individuals have social and communication difficulties, a preference for routines, and sensory sensitivities. - This means that appointments with unfamiliar people in unfamiliar, busy or noisy places are...

Dyscalculia: - Dyscalculia primarily affects the learning process in relation to mathematics. - Dyscalculia has a varying levels of severity and can affect different areas of mathematical calculations. - These difficulties can have an adverse effect on many day-to-day activities...

Text-to-Speech/Screen Reading: - This software will read out loud, in a digital voice, any text on the computer screen. - The reading voice and speed can be adjusted. - Individual words can also be targeted to check the pronunciation and...

- "Heavy Work" Sensory Activities include any activity that requires your child to use their muscles and joints, putting pressure on them as they move, providing necessary sensory proprioceptive input that helps your child self-regulate. - Such activities include: Raking...

- Cerebral palsy (CP) is a neurological condition caused by brain damage during pregnancy, birth or a brain injury. - Cerebral palsy causes a range of disabilities, from mild to severe. - Cerebral palsy is the leading cause of physical...

Dressing Skills: - Getting dressed is an important activity in a child’s daily life. Teaching your child how to get dressed by themselves can be very rewarding. - Getting dressed requires Motor Planning, Fine Motor Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Spatial...

- Pretend play is important throughout life and starts at a young age. - Adults constantly use their imaginations on a daily basis to solve problems, to invent new products or designs and while enjoying a fictional book or movie....

Lámh is Ireland's manual sign system designed for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and communication needs. Lámh supports communication and is endorsed by Down Syndrome Ireland and the Irish Association of Speech & Language Therapists. Lámh currently has 586...

- For children with sensory processing deficits, oral sensory seeking behaviors help with self-regulation. - Chewing, mouthing, and sucking helps to self soothe and is a strategy that children use to help to calm themselves if they are experiencing sensory...