by GenesisAdmin | May 13, 2019 | Assessments, Barriers to Learning |
When it comes to education, all children have difficulties at school from time to time. It’s normal for an otherwise bright child to, for example, struggle with math. It’s also normal for children to have difficult weeks or months, And this may not just affect their...
by GenesisAdmin | May 2, 2019 | Barriers to Learning |
When it comes to your child’s development, it’s always important to ensure that they are developing and learning as they should. However, if you feel they aren’t – and the strategies put in place by their teachers are not making a difference – getting an...
by GenesisAdmin | Mar 15, 2012 | Assessments, Barriers to Learning, Education |
Has your child’s teacher suggested that they need a psycho-educational assessment? This often comes as a rather nasty surprise to most parents. It’s what economists call a grudge purchase. Not something you get because you really want it but because you...
by GenesisAdmin | Feb 2, 2012 | Assessments, Barriers to Learning, Behavioural Difficulties, Early Childhood Development, Education, Emotional Development, Social Development |
School readiness depends as much on emotional maturity as it does on scholastic ability. In order to be deemed cognitively school ready, children need to achieve a test age of 6 years 3 months on school readiness assessments. Yet, I have assessed many children who...