Tag: autism
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Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Dr. Pamela Cooper, M.A., MBA, PhD. Educational Diagnostician, Learning Disabilities Teacher-Consultant Childhood Apraxia of Speech At times, parents become concerned when their child is not engaging verbally with family or peers in a clear and understandable manner. The child appears to mumble, groan, gesture, or at times make no vocal sounds. They may make vocalizations…
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What to do when a child continues to put things into their mouth
What to do when a child continues to put things into their mouth During infancy, children go through a developmental phase of putting things in their mouth, i.e., fingers, feet, toys, clothing, etc. This continues throughout the toddler years, and then they eventually should outgrow it by school-age. Some school-age children continue to put inedible objects in…
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Why Children Chew on Everything
Dr. Pamela Cooper, M.A., M.B.A., PhD. Educational Diagnostician Learning Disabilities Teacher-Consultant (LDT-C) drpamelacooper1@gmail.com Just think, how many times when working with children, they seem to always have something in their mouth or are always chewing on something. How many times have you said to the same child to ‘take that out of your mouth’ or…
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Teaching Students Diagnosed with Auditory Processing Disorders
by Dr. Pamela Cooper, M.A., MBA, PhD. Educational Diagnostician Dr. Pamela Cooper, educational diagnostician, learning disabilities teacher-consultant (LDT-C), Winslow Township, Camden County, familylearningcenter676223749.com-pamela3068@icloud.com “Auditory Processing Disorder in students, also known as ADP, is a disorder involving the Central Processing portion of the brain. It is commonly mistaken for a hearing problem, behavior disorder or…
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Family Learning Center
Educational and Administrative Services Visual Processing Disorder Dr. Pamela Cooper, M.A., M.B.A., PhD. Educational Diagnostician A visual Processing Disorder can cause problems with the way the brain processes visual information. There are many different types of processing disorders and symptoms. Visual processing difficulties (VPDs) affect many students diagnosed with language-based learning disabilities. Language-based learning disabilities…
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