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Choosing the Right Special Needs School for Your Child: A Parent’s Guide

January 30, 2024January 30, 2024 Kathy Lear

If your child has special needs, choosing a school can be particularly difficult. Mainstream schools do not always have the resources to offer the additional support they need, but choosing between different special needs independent schools also presents challenges. How Read More …

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Measuring Success: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Special Needs Programs

December 15, 2023January 29, 2024 Kathy Lear

It is impossible for a parent to choose the most appropriate special needs education for their child, or for staff to decide whether their program needs to be modified and improved, if there is no way to evaluate the program’s Read More …

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Nurturing Confidence in Students with Learning Disabilities: The Teacher’s Guide

November 14, 2023January 17, 2024 Kathy Lear

Teaching is not just about instilling academic understanding and practical skills. It is also about building the character of students, including encouraging them to be confident in their own abilities and to speak out on their own behalf. In the Read More …

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Transforming Education: The Evolution of Learning Disabilities Programs

October 26, 2023October 26, 2023 Kathy Lear

There was a time when it was thought that children with autism, intellectual disabilities and other developmental delays or cognitive impairments could never live a normal life. They might have been isolated, kept away from public view, and not given Read More …

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The Role of Assistive Technology in Bridging the Gap for Kids with Special Needs

September 10, 2023March 19, 2025 Kathy Lear

Modern technology has made a huge difference for many people with disabilities. The most successful schools for kids with special needs are those that recognize the valuable role that assistive technology can play and who use it to help their Read More …

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How Schools for Kids with Disabilities Instill Individuality & Self-Expression in The Students

August 28, 2023March 19, 2025 Kathy Lear

A good school does not just teach its students facts and figures; it also encourages them to express themselves, to find their own identity through creativity and imagination. This is not just true for mainstream schools. Special education elementary schools Read More …

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World Youth Skills Day: Promoting Skill Development Through Learning Disabilities Programs

July 15, 2023August 28, 2023 Kathy Lear

The United Nations General Assembly announced the launch of World Youth Skills Day in 2014. It marked an opportunity for both children and educators to think about the skills needed for the rapidly shifting modern labour market. Employability skills have Read More …

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Innovative Teaching Approaches for Special Education: Thinking Outside the Box

June 28, 2023August 17, 2023 Kathy Lear

Teaching children with learning disabilities is an ongoing challenge and teachers in special needs education need to be particularly creative and flexible. We try to develop effective special education programs to meet the diverse and complex needs of our students Read More …

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How Special Needs Programs Are Breaking Barriers to Create Inclusive Communities

May 22, 2023March 19, 2025 Kathy Lear

There was a time, when individuals with special needs were often segregated in institutions, where they were not fully integrated into society. Now we realize that, with the right support, people with autism, intellectual disabilities, and various forms of neurodivergence Read More …

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Autism awareness month – Defining Safe Space for Children with Autism

April 4, 2023July 7, 2023 Kathy Lear

Autism Awareness Month is a time for everyone to make an effort not just to better understand people with autism, but also to try and make the world a little more comfortable for them. Special education programs should strive to Read More …

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