School Floors (eBook)

Chapter 1 - My Journey

Chapter 2 - The Pyramid of Learning.

Chapter 3 - How movement could benefit those with Learning Difficulties - Veronica Steer, Occupational Therapist, Sound Therapist and Kinesiologist.

Chapter 4 - The signs and effects of oversensitivity to certain foods and food additives and the difficulties of changing what we eat. - Dr. Marilyn Dyson.

Chapter 5 - This chapter provides a description of a basic movement program that helps to prepare children for classroom achievement. It contains advice on how to introduce and implement the program and an explanation of Primitive Reflexes.

Chapter 6 - The New Pioneers

6a - From getting to the roots of her son's problem to those of many preschoolers - Winsome Richards

6b - Commonwealth Literacy Program - Margaret Greville

6c - A Teacher's Aide ends up teaching Teachers - Julia Dive

6d - Enhancing Learning through movement - Sue Mackay

6e - Move to Learn in the classroom - Michelle Learmouth

6f - A Remedial Teacher Converts her School to a Holistic Movement Based Approach to LD - Carol Hewatt

6g - Mental diseases and Learning Difficulties are both neurologically based - Rachel Fisher

Chapter 7 - Learning Difficulty Support Groups and how to start one.

Chapter 8 - Research

Christine Chapparo shares of how she brought Occupational Therapy into 2 schools.

Chapter 9 - Additional Resources

9a - Calming overactive and oversensitive children in the classroom - Veronica Steer.

9b - Sound Therapy and Auditory Processing - Veronica Steer

9c - Healing the Hurts

Various healing therapies to relieve stress caused by neurological, emotional and environmental imbalances.

9d - Food Journals

Michelle Learmouth, a classroom Teacher, shares examples of student journals.

9e - Getting Good Enough to Get on a Team

Additional movement activities to build skills for ball catching and throwing, bat and ball activities, handwriting and some social skills - Veronica Steer.

9f - How to Survive the Playground

Jacqueline Lee, an acting Headmistress, shares playground management techniques and suggestions of safe equipment.

9g - Parental Help with Movement Program

A Teacher, Sue McKay, shares the form she designed to ask for the help of parents with the movement program in the school.

9h - Applying for Funding for Early Assessment

Winsome Richards shares the letter she wrote for funding support for school entry assessment at South Kalgoorlie, Australia, Pre-Primary, 1998.

9i - Australian Dirty Dozen Additives

Sue Dengate, an Australian authority on nutrition and food intolerance, lists the worst 12 additives in our processed foods - as of December 2005.

9j - Quick Functional Vision Screening

Sue Larter, Behavioural Optometrist, explains 2 quick tests which can alert to possible visual immaturities.

9k - Ready for School?

Dr. Pye Twaddell, educator, describes her standardized Australian school entry test that can be done by any Teacher.

9l - Signs to Look for Before the Third Birthday

Simple things that parents can identify as immature development and then correct quickly.

9m - Nutrition and Biochemistry

Nutrition and food intolerance - Dr Marilyn Dyson

9n - The Green Shed Girls Learn about Social Interaction

Julia Dive, a teacher's aide, shares tips for improving self confidence and social skills of LD students.

9o - Drumming

Mike Almond, percussionist, shares an easy way for teachers and students to try drumming without the need for drums or much musical experience, only a sense of adventure.

9p - Movement and the Use of 3 dimensional Objects

Helps students to understand number work more easily.