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Win How to Help your Dyslexic and Dyspraxic Child

How to Help your Dyslexic and Dyspraxic Child provides parents with practical information on the subject and gives you helpful tips and advice – from understanding and recognising the symptoms, to getting support from schools and other networks. This guide uses real-life experiences to give essential advice to parents to develop and nurture your child.…

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Raising a child with autism, asperger's syndrome and ADHD

Raising a child with autism, asperger’s syndrome and ADHD

Elaine Carey talks about bringing up two boys who have lie on the Autistic Spectrum which include Asperger’s syndrome and ADHD. Diagnosing my boys I have three children, two boys and one girl. The two boys lie on the autistic spectrum, which consists of autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, high functioning autism, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder), ADD (Attention…

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Explaining Dyspraxia 

Dyspraxia, also known as developmental co-ordination disorder, is a disability that affects movement and co-ordination. It is thought to be caused by a disruption in the way messages from the brain are transmitted to the body. Dyspraxia is characterised by difficulty in planning smooth, co-ordinated movements. This leads to: clumsiness lack of co-ordination problems with language, perception and thought…

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