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The Fear Within A.B.A Or Ecletic Approach

Many of us view the thought of ‘Autism’ with fear. Pre- school professionals may worry about providing a service to the child with Autism, teachers may be afraid that they don’t have the skills to teach such children, and parents fear that they will never ‘get through’ to the child.

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Siobhan O'Rourke
Siobhan O'Rourke
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The Angry Child

Most of us find it fairly easy to have sympathy for the child who is showing signs of sadness or fear, confusion or pain. We wipe away tears, comfort the sore spot, offer reassurance and provide consolation.

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Siobhan O'Rourke
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Challenging Behaviour

Inclusion – How to Prepare for and Respond to Children who have Challenging Behaviour

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Siobhan O'Rourke
Siobhan O'Rourke
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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

The count-down has begun and the build- up has commenced. We are dragging our artificial Christmas trees down from the attic or in from the shed and wondering if we will get another year out of them or should we get a real tree this year.

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Siobhan O'Rourke
Siobhan O'Rourke
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Understanding Children With Sensory Processs Disorder

Awareness of sensory integration has increased phenomenally in the last decade or so. Occupational Therapists and Speech and Language Therapists are amongst those who have led the search for ways to enable children with sensory integration problems to learn in line with their actual level of intelligence, rather than remain trapped within the limits of a nervous system which is out of sync..

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Siobhan O'Rourke
Siobhan O'Rourke
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Questions On Childrens Challenging Behaviour

The traditional approach to challenging behaviour focussed quite heavily on stopping, or as it was called ‘eradicating’, specific behaviour. The behavioural approach uses a system of analysis which explores every aspect of the behaviour and the responses of others to the behaviour.

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Siobhan O'Rourke
Siobhan O'Rourke
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Ways To Improve Childrens Concetration

Concentration is something most of us take for granted. We all have times when we have to read the same page two or three times because we have lost concentration half way through, but generally we can concentrate well enough, for long enough, to do basic and even complex tasks.

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Siobhan O'Rourke
Siobhan O'Rourke
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Music For Babies

By combining sounds the babies make and the sounds they are familiar with the music relaxes the child by providing a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere the infant can relate to. This music soothes the child and distracts them from any physical problems such as teething that may be making them anxious.

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Siobhan O'Rourke
Siobhan O'Rourke
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All I Want For Christmas...

December is here again and Christmas is looming.

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Siobhan O'Rourke
Siobhan O'Rourke
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Anxiety In Children

Most of us tend to associate the term ‘challenging behaviour’ with aggressive or destructive acts but I prefer to think of it as any action or extreme lack of action which is having a seriously negative effect on the life of the child in question and the lives of those involved with the child.

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Siobhan O'Rourke
Siobhan O'Rourke
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