This page will focus on common questions and misconceptions at people have when they are new to special education.

 

What is a disability?

when any person at some point in their life is not within the learning, understanding, or ability of what we understand as normal we talk about a challenge, handicap or disabled

 

Autism, for example, is one of the "popular and well-known" disabilities. Although many people don't understand what it is. Not every child that can not talk or learn is autistic. it may be another form of a disability that can have similar signs. > more about autism here 

 

We often get asked form parents to look at their child and tell them what we or the Dr. or the expert thinks

and maybe if we can do an assessment for a diagnosis.

 

About Diagnosis and Assessment,

it is important to understand to identify a disability and diagnose correctly many tests must be taken with the child. These tests require tools to set the thinking and understanding of the child.

A medical Drs are usually able to see if there are body related problems but to diagnose we will need a phycologist or special needs teacher who understands the developmental stages of the brain during its learning. Not all medical Dr. at the hospital are trained in this area.

 

A Full Assessment will go over more than 100 tests that will take up 3 hours to 2 days. it is NOT recommended for anyone to diagnoses or disregard a concern of a disability after a 15 min examination.

 

A child can have one or many disableness at once.

every person is different in character and also their disability can develop differently from other people. even if they have the same diagnosis. Also as the child grows abilities and diagnosis can change over time and may need testing every serval years.

 

The challenge for developing countries

overseas disability and research and education are heavily funded 

counties who don't have those funds in their social care often lack the correct training, teachers are misinformed or do not fully understand definitions and strategies,  material to diagnose, treat, train, teach

 

False statements of experts:

- people who give advice but you never see them teach or tow with the child

- if the expert thinks there is only one treatment that will work

- if your child has been diagnosed only seeing a dr for 15 min

- if experts tell you there is nothing that can be done here or at home 

- if an expert tells you only they can help you

- if an expert works with your child without asking you questions and writing a plan you can share

- if you child had treatment and you have no proved of change, goals, pic, video, dates, data,

 

Below you will find common questions people have about their children

we like parents to understand to separate the matter into its own challenges

also, we answer every question once, if the question comes back we will link it to another cases answer

 

if you cant find your answers or have questions or concerns please contact us and we answer it on this page