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With gifted young people there are two aims: - To help them to make the most of their main learning strength; and - To help them to use that learning strength to increase their performance in other areas. Young people & children who have been identified as especially gifted benefit greatly from knowing their learning [...]
Louis-Philippe Beland, Carleton University The effects of mobiles phones and other technology at school is a hotly debated topic in many countries. Some advocate for a complete ban to limit distractions, while others suggest using technology as a teaching tool. Kids in public South Australian primary schools started the school year without being allowed to [...]
Kathryn MacCallum, University of Canterbury We know COVID-19 and its associated changes to our work and learning habits caused a marked increase in the use of technology. More surprising, perhaps, is the impact these lockdowns have had on children’s and young people’s self-reported enjoyment of books and the overall positive impact this has made on [...]
When anxiety effects kids, some become ‘chatty & scatty’ while others become ‘broody & moody.’ Generally the ‘chatty & scatty’ kids become distractible & lose concentration, the ‘broody & moody’ kids become sullen, avoidant & lose motivation. They can become hypervigilant & see threats where they are none. I have written extensively about the treatment [...]
When you have momentum, you can fly through things. When it goes missing, everything feels like an uphill slog. It is at those times that we tend to put things off until later and sometimes try to forget about them entirely. To stop procrastinating, we need to kickstart our momentum. Before doing that we need [...]
These kids can be tricky. They can dispute, defy & dismiss even the most reasonable of requests. Up to 16% of children & teens meet the diagnostic criteria for oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). I have written entire books on helping their parents support their tricky behaviours. This paper is about helping to set them up [...]
Motivation is a slippery customer. Sometimes you have it in abundance & other times, it sneaks off & goes missing in action. Now is a good time to give yourself a tune up & rev up & focus on achieving the outcomes you want. The most important thing to know is that not feeling motivated [...]
- Andrew Fuller Every child’s brain is as unique as their fingerprint. This gives them their own pattern of learning strengths. When parents and children know this pattern they can more powerfully engage in learning and discover pathways to success. Parents don’t need to be teachers or experts in brain functions. Learning strengths increase parents [...]
Elin Thordardottir, McGill University; James Law, Newcastle University, and Susan Roulstone, University of the West of England Developmental language disorder (DLD) is one of the most common disorders affecting children but is relatively unknown. Affecting more than seven per cent of children, DLD is 20 times more common than autism. Ninety per cent of people [...]
John Munro, Australian Catholic University How can we concentrate on a particular thing (like studies) without getting distracted? Melvina, aged 14 Thanks for this great question, Melvina! Many students are probably wondering the same thing as end-of-year assessments approach. To concentrate best we need to resist distractions. To do this, it helps if you know [...]
