by Editorial | Mar 18, 2021 | Articles of interest
Blog by Leone’ Kode on vocabulary A personal reflection on being an NILD Educational Therapist during the Covid-19 Pandemic February 2021 Jacquie is a NILD Educational Therapist with 20-years experience, both within the school environment and in private...
by Editorial | Apr 25, 2019 | Articles of interest
Collaboration between parents, educators and specialist service providers By Shireen Archibald (NILD SA Director) Often the terminology or difference of opinion between the various role players in a child’s educational arenas can be confusing and cause unnecessary...
by Editorial | Dec 5, 2018 | Articles of interest, Learning Disabilities
Isn’t it strange that whenever we are in a bad mood or frustrated, it feels as though everything is going wrong? Well, there just might be a good explanation for this phenomenon. Studies have shown that emotion has a substantial influence on the cognitive processes,...
by Editorial | Oct 23, 2018 | Articles of interest
Parenting the Challenging Child in the “Noughties” by Bridget Wren “Temperament is indicated by behaviour that clusters into three categories: easy, slow to warm up, and difficult. No category makes a child good or bad. They merely describe s child’s response...
by Editorial | Jul 23, 2018 | Articles of interest
This article was written by Santie Smit (Director of NILD SA) with information from Steven M. Burnik, Ph,D. In recent times the effect of slow processing speed on learning has become more evident. Even though SPS is not a formal learning difficulty, it has frustrated...
by Editorial | May 10, 2018 | Articles of interest
By Jacquie Johnston I wonder how many parents reading this are looking back on their own journey with mathematics at school. I think I can safely surmise that a large percentage of you are remembering times of anxiety, frustration and bewilderment. You concluded...
