• Give your child unconditional love and support.
• Learn as much as you can about your child’s learning abilities or disabilities.
• Figure out how your child learns best. What are their special skills, talents, and interests? This information can help you motivate and foster your child’s learning.
• Be open to other ways of learning. The senses, movement, and listening are all ways of gathering information. What works best for your child?
• Encourage your child to work on their special talent. When they can really shine in some area, it helps them feel like a success.
• Help your child understand their learning problems and talk about them. Focus on coping skills.
• Help your child stay strong in body and mind by providing good food, enough rest, play, and family outings.
• If you’re having trouble coping, get professional counseling. It can be tough handling difficult behavior from your child and difficult feelings of your own.
• Get involved in your child’s education.
• Stay in close touch with your child’s school.
• Ask teachers how you can help provide consistency and how you can reinforce and expand on what’s going on in the classroom.
• Talk with your child’s teacher about both academics and behavior.
• Discuss homework strategies with your child’s teacher.
• Provide an organized home with time and a place for study.
• Help your child get organized.
By: REGINA F. BAGTAS | Teacher III | Daan Pare Elementary School | Orion, Bataan
