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October 25, 2005, 4:13 am PDT
deal with causes, not just symptoms
Quote From: joyceymayMy son used to have problems with the same sorts of things that you mention--before we dealt with the sensory stuff that was the root cause of his difficulties. (We also dealt with biochemical stuff using nutrition and diet.) Now he's in high school, where there are fewer built-in supports (for everybody) and he's still thriving. I think the school systems would do a much more effective job of dealing with learning and behavioral problems if they tried to understand and address the CAUSES, rather than just reacting to sypmtoms. . . Take reading for example. The latest trend is to do a lot of drill and practice with phonics. Not everybody needs that. And when a kid struggles they just give them more of the same, rather than trying to figure out what he/she really needs.
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