Quick Search
PLAY Pen Article
Parenting a Literal Child
It's not just a matter of symantics - for some kids, everything is literal. In parenting several kids with FAS/FAE, I've found that you have to be very careful with your instructions - because they'll be followed!
|
|
An American History of Mental Retardation
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
A historical look at how the mentally challenged have been treated beginning with the 1400's to present day.æ See just how far we have come!
View an amazing time line showing the advances in the US's care of disabled citizens. Seeing the terminology used to describe people with cognitive impairments alone makes this site interesting from a historical perspective.
An American History of Mental Retardation
Welcome to Dragonfly USA.
PLAY Tip
Eight In A Row: Developing Pre-Reading Skills
Before a child can learn to read, there are essential "pre-reading" skills that a child must master. Three of the most important are sequencing, left-right progression, and time progression (before and after). All can be explored and practiced with Eight In A Row. The puzzles show scenes that are familiar to most children. There is a child making a painting and a child getting up in the morning. Each piece has only one place to fit it onto the next piece, so children with delayed fine motor skills can usually manage the puzzle-fitting with a minimum of frustration.