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How Visual Learning Redefines the Way Kids Process, Learn and Master New Concepts

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Visual learning can be a game-changer for kids by changing how they learn and unlocking their full potential.   What is Visual Learning? Visual learning uses visual aids and techniques to enhance the learning experience. This may include images, diagrams, charts, graphs, and other visual representations to convey information and facilitate understanding. It is the …

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Can Emotional Intelligence Be Learned to Boost Personal Growth?

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Emotional Intelligence is a valuable asset for personal growth, but can it be learned?   4 Key Skills To Build Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Emotional Intelligence as a noun (a describing word) is built through improving skills, which can be learned anytime. However, to enjoy the benefits of EQ, knowledge must be applied to daily living, …

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How Board Games Boost Skills and Smarts for Kids with ADHD

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Board games offer many benefits, especially to people with ADHD. By intrinsically teaching the child life skills in a fun way, games bring enjoyment and a learning opportunity.     Learn Problem-Solving Skills Games that balance luck and strategy will help children with ADSD develop problem-solving skills by simulating real-life situations and understanding that sometimes …

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How To Manage A Child With Difficult Behavior: Strategies for Attention, Escape, and Rewards

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Parents are often frustrated with their children’s behavior. Yet their parents are where children inherit good and bad traits, and they have been in the family long enough to know what gets attention and reaction. As humans evolve, children adapt to get as much attention and tangible rewards as possible from parents trying to help …

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How Gamification Turns Education into an Addictive Adventure

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Gamification involves incorporating game-like elements into non-gaming activities, enhancing engagement and motivation. Designed with intrinsic motivation as a core element, gamification is based on the desire to do something because you are interested in doing it.   Implementing Gamification In A Learning Program A popular global concept in gamification is learning that occurs through immersive …

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The Quiet Spectrum: How Autism and Introversion Overlap Yet Diverge

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Often misunderstood concepts, autism and introversion can manifest in the same person, and one is sometimes mistaken for the other. The assumed disinterest that autistic people may appear to have in conversation or social interaction is often simply difficulty with back-and-forth conversation. Similarly, they may have trouble reading social cues or be interested in things …

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Managing ADHD: Harnessing Mindfulness and Yoga for Better Focus and Calm

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ADHD symptoms can be managed by therapy and medication. Still, recent research shows that mindfulness meditation– the practice of actively observing your moment-to-moment thoughts and feelings- could help improve focus by calming the mind. Over a third of adults with ADHD already use this practice, and a significant number of people rate it highly.   …

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Unlocking Social Skills: How Games Can Transform Lives for Autistic Individuals

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People with autism experience social and communicative differences and have restricted interests and repetitive behaviors, and the interventions that have been developed to help social, cognitive, learning, and physical issues, focus on teaching them how to adopt neurotypical behaviors. Yet, these interventions may increase stigma and inhibit authenticity. Autism affects around 2 percent of the …

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The Benefits Picture Cards Offer People With Autism

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Autism, also known as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), is characterized by a wide range of symptoms and challenges that vary from person to person and affect social interaction, communication, and behavior. People with autism may have difficulties with social communication and interaction,  and communication challenges are prevalent. The challenges associated with autism often manifest as: …

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