Vicki Dammerel Tutoring

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Great info for parents at the start of a school year.

What’s Your Child’s Superpower?

If you are the parent of a child with a learning difference or SPLD, (Specific Learning Disability), you may be thinking about going to meet your child’s new teacher and arranging a meeting to discuss your child’s academic requirements. Usually these discussions are based on your child’s academic or social and emotional needs in order for them to get the most out of their school year.

Never be afraid to advocate for your child as early as possible in the school year so all the stakeholders in your child’s education are onboard. After all, who will, if you don’t. In 99% of cases your child’s teacher will be an excellent sounding board for your concerns. But don’t forget to also discuss their strengths.

It is vitally important to let the teacher know what your child is GOOD at. What they’re passionate about and what engages them. Discuss all those little things that make your child special. Perhaps they have great empathy for others. They may be fantastic at music or sports, great organisers, or can’t get enough information on a topic that particularly fascinates them. Whatever it is, your child should not be seen just as the child with a SPLD, but as a child who has so many other strengths that may not always be apparent to the teacher unless you let them know. Fill it out with your child and hand it to your child’s teacher, they will love having this information.

If you would like a copy of a Students STRENGTHS profile questionnaire, courtesy of ‘Get into Neurodiversity’, message me with your email address and I’d be more than happy to send you a copy. There is one for ages 7-11, and one for the Early Years, preschool, Kindergarten and Year 1. Please feel free to share this post with other parents or educators that may be interested.

Seems to me that teachers and their support staff are expendable right now.😔 Ok. So noted. So then could we please have soap, sanitizer and paper towel supplied from the department of education? You know, soap, sanitizer and paper towel. Other than the soap, sanitizer and paper towel each teacher and parent supplied this year, because that stuff is gone! Keep us open? Keep up the supply of these absolute necessities please. Please share so this post might reach the eyes of someone who can actually keep schools supplied with these absolutely vital requirements.

What’s Your Child’s Superpower?

If you are the parent of a child with a learning difference or SPLD, (Specific Learning Disability), you may be thinking about going to meet your child’s new teacher and arranging a meeting to discuss your child’s academic requirements. Usually these discussions are based on your child’s academic or social and emotional needs in order for them to get the most out of their school year.

Never be afraid to advocate for your child as early as possible in the school year so all the stakeholders in your child’s education are onboard. After all, who will, if you don’t. In 99% of cases your child’s teacher will be an excellent sounding board for your concerns. But don’t forget to also discuss their strengths.

It is vitally important to let the teacher know what your child is GOOD at. What they’re passionate about and what engages them. Discuss all those little things that make your child special. Perhaps they have great empathy for others. They may be fantastic at music or sports, great organisers, or can’t get enough information on a topic that particularly fascinates them. Whatever it is, your child should not be seen just as the child with a SPLD, but as a child who has so many other strengths that may not always be apparent to the teacher unless you let them know. Fill it out with your child and hand it to your child’s teacher, they will love having this information.

If you would like a copy of a Students STRENGTHS profile questionnaire, courtesy of ‘Get into Neurodiversity’, message me with your email address and I’d be more than happy to send you a copy. There is one for ages 7-11, and one for the Early Years, preschool, Kindergarten and Year 1. Please feel free to share this post with other parents or educators that may be interested.

Children with a learning difference are constantly worried and anxious about their school day.
This is a great article to refer to if your child is struggling with an anxiety issue.This article contains some straight forward tips to help you, help them. It also has excellent links to other relevant information.

How to support your anxious child The best thing you can do for your child is to help them learn how to cope.

Vicki Dammerel Tutoring updated their address.

Did you know that some children working in brightly coloured and highly decorated classrooms can suffer from sensory overload? Their brain is unable to cope with the over-stimulating environment. This is particularly true for children with ASD, ADHD and or Irlen Syndrome. Students may become easily distracted, tire quickly, unable to concentrate, act out or in extreme cases become physically ill.
My tuition room is set up with this in mind. There are no reflective white or glowing surfaces for the children to look at or write on. I am always learning and utilising ways to maximise learning opportunities for my students.

Vicki Dammerel Tutoring updated their website address.