Our program staff share with us stories of what it’s like to work with children who have special needs. A new monthly installment. “We had a little boy last year, a three-year-old adopted from a Chinese orphanage by an American family. Due to cerebral palsy...
We asked some of our special education experts in our full time program, the Innovative Learning Center, to tell us what approaches work for them in their work. Below are their answers. 1. Be Consistent. “It’s very...
Ellie Gordon Intern I’ve spent a month as an intern for the Clinic, helping with a variety of tasks such as organizing data from the speech and motor development screenings in the International Schools in Shanghai, translating marketing material into Spanish,...
I recently went to East China Normal University to give a talk on issues surrounding Sensory Integration and practical interventions. I expected to make the same presentation I had made many times. Public speaking has never been my greatest gift, but through years of...
Robyn Kuan Program Assistant Lunchtime at The Essential Learning Group offers our kids more than a chance to eat, relax and socialize. For some, lunch becomes an engaging and valuable challenge, engaging our kids’ ability to stay focused and see a task through to...