What is the difference between remedial and special education?
Put very simply, remedial education applies to children who have average to above average intellectual abilities, but do not perform according to their potential as a result of difficulties with reading and/or writing and/or arithmetic. Whereas special educational facilities cater for children with below average intellectual abilities. Some schools also advertise that they offer mainstream […]
Edition no1 2011 – Visual Perception
Welcome back and a very, very happy New Year to you all! After a jam-packed 2010 (with its extended holidays due to the World Cup) and an unusually rainy December holiday period, many parents expressed their relief when schools across the country finally opened their doors for the start of the 2011 academic year. I […]
2nd Edition 2011 – Auditory Perception
As February draws to a close, the majority of children have settled into their new classrooms and teachers start to pick up the work pace. This is also generally the time of the year when teachers begin to identify learners with apparent learning difficulties and refer them to various specialists for examination and remediation. Many […]
Dyslexia (Reading Disorder)
Dyslexia is typically a developmental reading disability in an otherwise intelligent child (or adult) who is motivated to read and who has had adequate schooling. Dyslexia does not originate from poor language skills, but is a result of a deficiency in the areas of the brain that process the sounds of language (phonemes). Children with […]
