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Reactive to or avoidant of grooming e.
Avoids certain activities that involve textures e. Reactive to certain sounds. Trouble sleeping through the night.
Therapies improve learning, attention, anxiety, sensory, auditory processing, speech and autism-related challenges. Dynamic Listening Therapy is an individualized auditory stimulation program that uses filtered classical music to strengthen the neurological communication of.
Under-responsive to Sensory Input: Always on the go e. Poor balance and coordination.
Poor body awareness e. Poor posture, including slouching and slumping.
Uncoordinated body movements and fidgeting. Clumsiness, including tripping and stumbling.
Lack of body awareness; walking over items on the floor, bumping into things. Confusion of right and left; mixed hand dominance.
Difficulty with organization and structure. Often confused about location and direction.
Through talking to children and young people from ECE and Kohanga, to students in primary and secondary, and then Teen Parent Units and alternative education — we found that we seem to be getting it the most right for our under fives, and then those who are in teen parent units. We heard what makes those environments positive for children and young people; teachers know them, they connect with their peers, they have smaller classes, and more freedom to direct their learning.
From our analysis of what children and young people told us, we identified six key insights about how they experience school, and what could be improved in the education system:. Children and young people talked about how they want to be seen for who they are, and to be understood within the context of their home, life and experiences.
Many children and young people told us they experience racism at school and are treated unequally because of their culture. Children and young people talked about the range of significant relationships that either enable them to achieve or prevent them from achieving.
Always on the go e. Include instructions, decide how to win the game, and identify what you are allowed or not allowed to do. Draw on the Fun Alone Sheet: What can we do to reduce waste? We are no longer producing 'Children' journal but electronic back copies are available here. Luckily, sensory perceptions can be improved with proper input. Children and young people from all different learning environments stressed the importance of feeling happy and comfortable before they can learn and the impact that their learning environment has on their wellbeing.
Many told us that they cannot begin learning unless they have a trusted relationship with their teacher. Children and young people want their teacher to teach them according to their strengths and unique abilities.
Learning content was also important, some want to be learning things that they see as relevant to their lives, and their futures. Children and young people from all different learning environments stressed the importance of feeling happy and comfortable before they can learn and the impact that their learning environment has on their wellbeing.
Children and young people experience a lack of choice or participation in decision making about their own lives and schooling. They really want to have a say in their education, and they want teachers to involve them in their learning.