The Learning Guide Magazine

Hints on how to improve your school

By Ivie Okwuegbuna

 When you are thinking of ways to make your school better, it should not be about your school getting bigger or smaller but rather it should be about quality. The first question to ask yourself is, %u201CWhere exactly is my school at the moment?%u201D Do a mental assessment and truthfully evaluate your school. Also ask yourself, %u201CWhat are the issues, which ones are the most challenging? Is it difficult staff, poor results, funding, parents or children%u2019s behaviour? Different issues can be resolved in different ways. To help you......more

Understanding your child%u2019s personality?

Some children are very bubbly and happy and always wanting to have fun while others are a bit introverted and reserved. Knowing a child%u2019s personality type helps parents in understanding and getting along with them. It has come to be assumed over time that people come in four basic personality types, or "temperaments" and each one has strengths that need to be recognized and put to good use. We will also look at the weaknesses of each personality type and suggest ways of turning these around for good. The great Greek physician Hippocrates as far back as 400BC, over two thousand years ago, named the four temperaments as Melancholic, Sanguine, Choleric and Phlegmatic. These words describe the various human body fluids which he believed......more

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I am Special, so what?

eleven things I wish you knew...

Thank goodness, there is growing awareness for the Special Child and his seemingly complex needs these days. Notwithstanding, there is still so much more we need to consider when dealing with a developmentally challenged child. One of such groups of challenged children is %u201CChildren with Autism%u201D. These are admirable, precious children with amazing potential. They often stick out because of their inability to interact socially and their lack of appropriate communication skills.

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