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Teaching kids with ADHD is a big challenge. These kids have diverse ways of learning things that are entirely different from those of disorder-free children. That is why having them in the mainstream requires extra effort from the teachers. But instead of treating this as an inconvenience, teachers should view this as a guide on how to handle these types of kids. Parents are so stressed out by this issue and assistance and guidance from their ADHD kid’s teacher is a big help.
Students with ADHD struggle when it comes to learning. If teachers have their issues with this kind of learner, well, the students themselves have their concerns. Most teenagers with ADHD are aware of their condition, and they are also trying to work things out themselves. However, they need an understanding of the people around them especially their educators and parents.
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Stress Is A Confidence-Killer For Schooling Kids
Kids, by nature, are pretty handy. They are always full of energy and curious about many things. But when it comes to schoolwork, they get bored quickly, misbehave and become disinterested. But just because they state disinterest doesn’t mean that they don’t like schoolwork at all. Most of the time, anxiety on academics is the one that’s speaking.
Depression can happen to anyone. No one is exempted, and no one can tell when it’s coming. This can also happen to young people no matter how vibrant they may seem. And that makes it more badly as it affects not only their young lives but also on how they perceive things. However, teen depression comes in with numerous factors with that you need to educate yourself about it.
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Due to the standards imposed by schools these days, children are expected to work hard and excel academically. “There’s tremendous anxiety in kids and we’re definitely seeing an increase” says by psychologist Dr Helen Clark, PhD in an article on Parent24 Struggling with an anxious Child. As a result, parents are inclined to get after-school tutorial services to help their kids not only regarding completing their homework but mastering their lessons as well. In the case of children who were diagnosed with anxiety, tutors have to exert more effort compared to the average students just to harness their academic and emotional skills. To help children with anxiety, a full understanding of the condition is imperative so that the tutor can design the lesson in such a way that can be fully grasped by the child.
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Is your little elementary student ready to move up to junior high school after the summer break?
If you’re living in the same town where you or your spouse grew up in, there is a high possibility that you’ll wish for your child to have the same alma mater as his or her mom or dad does. In case it’s a new location, you may feel like it’s natural only for the kid to enter the nearest institution from the house. However, is that honestly the best decision you can make as a parent?
Here are the eight things to think about before enrolling your child in a school.
Off the bat, you should take into consideration the location of the establishment. Do you think it will be safe for a teenage boy or girl to leave the place without getting mugged or harassed? You don’t want to act judgmental about the neighborhood, no doubt, but the amount of litter or vandalism surrounding any institution can be an indication of how good or bad it will be.
Since your son or daughter is about to go to middle school, it means you already have a fair idea regarding their intellectual prowess. If he or she shows great interest in science, math, or arts, there may be an educational institution that may accept them and nurture their genius. Assuming they’re still at crossroads about what they want to do in later years, then it’s alright to enroll them in a regular school where they can acquire different skills.
How far the academy is to your home is another thing to study. Sometimes, despite having confidence with their kids, parents still don’t want them to travel for longer than 30 minutes to attend classes, regardless if they’ll ride the family car or a public bus. Other times, it’s the children who refuse to do that. Thus, have an honest conversation with your kid about their commute situation once they decide to enter this or that institution.
Let’s put out there that not only kids with autism or various physical or mental disabilities require particular attention. The ones with very high IQ or who came from a non-English speaking country have specific needs as well that your academy of choice has to be able to meet.
As you scout for a middle school, you should remember to ask for a copy of their existing regulations. Most academies have plenty of do’s and don’t’s, and you have to ensure that the institution you’re eyeing imposes some – if not all – the rules you want your offspring to learn. Redempta Maithya, Ph.D. and co-authors wrote, “Along with academic performance, school discipline ranks as one of the major concerns voiced by the public about schools and the school system.”
You also need to think about the newness of the academy’s facilities. In other words, are you cool with enrolling your child in a freshly built institution or a decades-old one? The former constitutes to current design; the latter speaks of history and perhaps long-lasting construction materials. Wan Zahari WanYusoff, Ph.D. says that, “School facilities have the important role to ensure the quality of teaching and learning with respect to achieve quality of education. The performance of school facilities significantly affected on student achievement.”
Don’t be shy to talk to your neighbors, friends, and family members who ideally have kids attending the same school your child will likely join. More than the teachers or the principal, other parents can offer plenty of details concerning their children’s experience there without sugarcoating anything. That can help you resolve whether it’s still a smart decision to put your son or daughter in that particular school. Ismat Rahman, Ph.D. points out that, “There is a great importance of feedback in improving learning experience for the students.”
Finally, how’s the budget for the child’s education looking? In case you merely have a few thousand dollars prepared for one academic year, enrolling him or her in a public system where you just need to pay for books and lunch may be better. Considering there’s no financial limit, though, you can look into private – religious or not – establishments.
Parents everywhere have all heard the lines, “The classroom is your child’s second home,” and “The teacher is your child’s second mother or father,” but what does that really mean? Why exactly does school or, more specifically, the classroom setting, become the most defining experience of the early years of children everywhere?
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The relationship between a teacher and his or her students says a lot about the character of a teacher. The best teachers are those who can maximize the learning potential and capabilities of the students, and the relationship they have towards each other is integral. Of course, this doesn’t necessarily mean that the teacher should act as if in a popularity contest. Instead, one should take the time and effort to develop a positive relationship with the students.
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Academic struggles or personal issues experienced by students can be aired out to high school counselors. “School counselors’ primary role is supposedly to improve your child’s academic success, career development, and personal/social health. As part of this, they should be helping children overcome a variety of issues that affect school achievement and overall wellness,” wrote Janet Hicks, PhD.
For high school counselors, every day is a chance to encounter something purposeful, different, or sometimes something seemingly outrageous. Every time a student walks inside the office, a counselor knows that something’s up – like someone asking help for being homeless, or a student stressing out for not getting good grades. These are minor things that counselors experience on a daily basis.
Role Of High School Student Counselors
School counselors can help students thrive socially, academically, and personally, while assisting them in exploring and considering their options after they’ve graduated high school. According to an article that was previously published in The New York Times, the ratio of students to counselors is almost 500 to one, but that should not deter parents and students from getting the most out of the services they offer.
Probably one of the biggest misconceptions about high school counselors is that they merely exist for scheduling. Also, a lot of people, especially parents, have this notion that school counselors are trained to therapeutically counsel students and specific individuals.
Benefits Of Counseling
There are three significant benefits that students and likewise parents can get from high school counselors.
Academic support is essential in a student’s school performance; however, those who are academically struggling are often unaware of how counselors can be of great assistance. High school counselors are often underused in this aspect. One of the reasons might be because students are mostly embarrassed to seek help with regards to their academic discrepancies, or maybe, they have had a bad experience with their counselor.
Counselors assist students with their failing academics by sitting down with the student’s teachers and talking about the problem and agreeing on the best solution. Other times, counselors will let the distraught student communicate with other students or peers who are dealing with the same struggles so they can learn from each other.
Furthermore, high school counselors also conduct seminars for freshmen students that mainly talk about establishing good study patterns and habits, which incoming students can utilize throughout their school years, until they graduate, and once they go on to college to pursue their academic careers.
Counselors offer their students’ families effective strategies on parenting with beneficial advice on how to properly communicate and understand their children. Often, parents would drop by the high school counselor’s office claiming they don’t know what to do in handling their teenager. More often than not, if things are going out of hand, counselors would recommend that the parents together with their teenager go into family therapy, especially if issues at home become complicated that even the student’s performance becomes severely affected.
Students can seek out their high school counselors for an individual meeting to discuss academic concerns, bullying, racism, or other personal issues that the student is struggling with. Keep in mind that counselors are only there to give counsel or advice and not to deal with more pressing issues like mental illness; however, through assessment of the student’s problems, counselors can refer him or her to a qualified therapist.
“Many people would be surprised to know that much of the time we are working with students who may have mental health or other personal concerns,” said Brandi Lewis, MEd, LPC. “We have to provide individual care for those students—whether it’s referring them to a school-based mental health counselor or providing community resources.”
Trust Your Counselor
At the beginning of your talk, your high school counselor will immediately inform you that whatever is divulged or confided in your conversation is strictly confidential, unless the students will initiate giving out information that may put their safety at risk. Remember that school counselors are there to connect, help, and make a difference in their students’ lives. So as parents and students, it is in your best interest to make the most of your school counselor’s time and presence.
“Effective counseling is a two way street. It takes a cooperative effort by both the person receiving counseling and the counselor,” reminded Lynn Ponton, MD.
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I love my career as an educator, especially a teacher for those children with special needs. It doesn’t mean that if I call your child with special needs, he is mentally or psychologically unfit. Please, let us eliminate the stigma. Your child has a learning disability, and this is not something that he wants, nor does he consciously act or do. It is innate in him because it is his genetic composition.