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“If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn” -Ingacio Estrada There is no denying the fact that each child is unique and each one comes with their own superhero abilities. Even with special needs kids, this remains intact. Each child understands and learns about the world differently. With research, we know that that are 5 primary learning styles viz. Visual, auditory, verbal, kinesthetic and logical. Today we explore the traits of Visual learners. Let's look at the ways in which we can modify our teaching to help them learn better. How ...

To define, we may say that Art Therapy is a form of remedial or diagnostic activity aimed at encouraging free expression through art. Art could include - painting, modelling, drawing, music, etc. It is used with people of all ages and to aid psycho-therapeutic interventions.We at STARLIT often make it a point to inculcate at least some forms of art therapy in our sessions. Depending on the child’s developmental age and specific areas of concern, we incorporate music, play therapy techniques like behavior modeling, pretend play etc. We also incorporate messy play with drawings and paints. People often tend to ...

“10-20% of children and adolescents experience mental health issues but only one-thirds of them get any help.” - World Health Organisation, United Nations. Adults are fairly self-aware of their thoughts, feelings and emotions. They have words to describe them, methods to cope, and the agency to look or ask for help when they need it. In most cases, children don’t have any of this. Children grow at such a fast pace- both physically and psychologically- that it’s often very hard to differentiate between new, age-appropriate behavior, and behavior that might be a sign of an underlying problem. Most children also ...

People are triangles. Some of us are taller, some of us are shorter, some are wider and some are narrower, but every single one of us, is a triangle. The characteristics that make up a person can be largely broken down into three categories- physical, psychological and spiritual. This trio forms the strongest load-bearing shape that ever existed but in order to take the most amount of pressure, all the arms need to be equally strong. When one part isn't looked after, it gets weaker and until 10 years ago, the psychological arm was the most neglected and overlooked. With ...

Parents of children with diagnosed Autism or Cerebral Palsy may be able to claim tax deductions upto Rs. 1.25 Lakh under section 80DD. Follow this article to know more. https://www.hrblock.in/guides/section-80dd-tax-deduction/ ...