Successful virtual education for children with attention disorder: guidance for parents and teachers
The new reality caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has caused our children to be receiving virtual education during this school year. For neurotypical, or regular-educated children, distance education is a challenge because of the unknown, but with certain modifications to the structure at home, they can run properly, as they did in person. However, there
Successful virtual education: recommendations for parents
As is public knowledge, the Department of Education determined that the new school year of the public education system will begin virtually, following the recommendations of health experts. The typical classrooms of most public schools in Puerto Rico, and also private ones, consist of about 30 students, which does not meet the necessary standard of
Risks of a summer free of therapies
Special Education Every family yearns for the summer months to rest from the hustle and bustle of the school year, this being more acute in parents of special education children, who have already suffered loss, decrease or suspension of services due to quarantine. With the summer months they face about four months without therapies. Under
Pandemic triggers children's problems with childhood speech apraxia
The consequences can be serious The pandemic and the consequent closure of schools and cessation of therapeutic services have seriously affected the vulnerable population of special education children. Within this group, there are students diagnosed with childhood speech apraxia (AHI), who have been deprived of services. If these children do not receive their services, including