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Schooltime For Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
School can be hard for children with AD/HD. Success in school often means being able to pay attention and control behavior and impulse. These are the areas where children with AD/HD have trouble. Here are tips for teachers for helping kids learn.
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The Down Syndrome Web Page
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
This site is composed of contributions from parents and professional members of the Down Syndrome listserv and newsgroup. Very informative!
Will and Karen, parents who originated this site, hope it will help diminish the time it takes to get past the diagnosis and into understanding that Down Syndrome is a small (though significant) part of who an individual is and can be.
Thousands of families around the world share in the initial surprise and uncertainty that often accompanies hearing the diagnosis of Down Syndrome and have overcome the obstacles faced in creating an inclusive and supportive community for people who have developmental disabilities. They share their hard-won wisdomat this site.
This site also features articles translated into Chinese, Spanish, and French.
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Visual Tracking and the Switch Using Child: The Penguin Roller Coaster
The Penguin Roller Coaster is designed to help children track the movements of small objects. The penguins do a variety of movements - gliding up, down, around, and bumpy steps up. Each of these movements is tracked differently, making this toy very interesting to watch. This toy is most suitable for children who ONLY watch the toy as is fairly fragile.