Get a head start on your career in the special education industry with CAE’s WSQ Early Intervention Principles and Practices. This WSQ course is a short 2-day (15.5 hrs) course that will to help better equip you with skills to educate students and children under your care, whether you are a preschool teacher, special needs educator, or allied educator.
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Children who suffer from communications disorders suffer emotional and social effects that may be a huge quality of life issue for them. Speech therapy is used to help improve your child or your students’ ability to communicate. Spoken communications is incredibly important to the development of the child, allowing them to express their emotions, needs, and thoughts.
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Parenting a child with special needs can be challenging. It requires extra effort in time, awareness, and education. These considerations will be quite different from one child to the next because ‘special needs’ is used as an umbrella term to encompass anything from light learning disabilities to more severe behaviour issues. Proper diagnoses ensure parents will be focusing on the right methods and activities for their child.
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When people think about helping children with special needs, it typically involves helping them do things. That’s not wrong, but we also need to take their mental and emotional well-being into consideration.
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Every parent wants their children to succeed. In that quest, parents may go to great lengths to put them on the road to success. Some may put their child in for extra tuition, or put them in specific schools even if it means moving the entire family. This is especially true for parents and educators of children with special needs. Read more
Children with special needs are often misunderstood and overlooked when they really need the most attention and help. It’s not just attention and help; they need people who understand their special requirements and needs so that the help they receive will give them the best chance to be successful.
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A common concern among parents and care takers of young children is that their child may need help in some way. Maybe it is due to a significant trauma experienced by the child, looming family crisis, or other stressors that have overwhelmed the child. Considering counselling and therapy for the child is always a big consideration; one that is often fraught with fear, and possibly even shame. Read more
If you’re looking to start your career in the special education industry, or may be exploring a mid-career change and want to work with children, Early Intervention pathway might be for you!
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Figuring out if a child has a learning disorder isn’t always easy or straightforward. Children develop at different rates and paces. Some pick up reading and writing very early, while others may learn to talk earlier than others. Read more
