by Melissa van Hal | Feb 2, 2018 | Blog, Tips & Guidlines
A follow on from ‘What to ask Teachers and Professionals during Meetings’The first few questions have shown a great deal about your child. These questions are a useful base to ground the following questions.If you have not read ‘What to ask Teachers and Professionals...
by Melissa van Hal | Jan 26, 2018 | Blog, Tips & Guidlines
A follow on from ‘What to ask Teachers and Professionals during Meetings’The responses and communications received about ‘What to ask Teachers and Professionals during Meetings’ show that the questions are clear but the understanding of what answers to expect is more...
by Melissa van Hal | Oct 17, 2017 | Blog, Tips & Guidlines
Meeting with professionals, who work with your child, is a priority. It can be very daunting, especially for parents whose children have difficulties. Frequently, the professionals end up talking and the parents try desperately to follow the conversation and very...
by Melissa van Hal | Oct 10, 2017 | Blog, Children & Society
There seems to be quite a big misconception of ‘equality’ and ‘equal opportunity’, I decided to embark on these ideas in this blog.We cannot make all children ‘equal’ but we can ‘raise them’;It starts with the very clear and concise idea that all children are unique....
by Melissa van Hal | Oct 4, 2017 | Blog, Education & Ideas
Deciding what to follow on from the first blog was tough but, recently, the needs of gifted children are finally starting to be recognized in society. It is the perfect place to further the argument that ‘removing the barrier does not work’:The obsession with removing...