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Are you a parent, professional, teacher or therapist? Are you interested in a school that offers remedial and special needs support?
Play is so important for learning and even more so during these stressful times. The workshop focuses on the benefits of play for parents and children, and adapting play for children with challenges.
We are an inclusive and nurturing remedial and special needs school with small class environments that offer individualized support from passionate and knowledgeable teachers.
Autism, is currently referred to as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) although people with ASD themselves consider Autism a neurodiversity rather than a disorder. Almost 2% of the world’s population is diagnosed as being on the Autistic spectrum.
By closing the gaps
between what a student knows and can do and what they are expected to know by a certain grade, we can help learners who have fallen behind academically.
What is it? “Specific Learning Disorder” – both are lifelong conditions. DYSLEXIA Kids with dyslexia have trouble reading accurately and fluently. They may also have trouble reading comprehension, spelling, and written expression. Preschool: delayed speech development, problems expressing themselves using speech, little understanding of rhyming words, difficulty with understanding (on oral level) the initial sounds […]
The school has a specific stream dedicated to learners with special educational needs. This stream is run by a team of dedicated teachers
and therapists who are passionate about special needs and strive for each child to reach their true potential.
Activities of daily living (ADLs) are essential and routine self-care activities that most young individuals can perform without assistance.
Oak House Vocational Academy, part of Glenoaks School is aimed at learners between the ages of 12 and 18 who have special needs and the potential to eventually be more independent and enter the open labour market.
Scientists have recently determined that it takes approximately 400 repetitions to create a new synapse in the brain. Unless it is done with play, in which case it takes 10-20 repetitions.
The multidisciplinary team (MDT) working at Glenoaks remedial and special needs school, epitomises collaboration through its remarkable interdisciplinary approaches that aim to enhance the potential and learning of every child in our school.
Nurturing begins with the basics. Environmental provisions like shelter, sanitation, food and medical care should go without saying – mandatory rather than ‘nurturing’, and there are many people who work tirelessly to reach these goals.