Rose Blackett
Registered Educational Psychologist

ADD / ADHD
WWW.ADHD.ORG.NZ

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed childhood mental condition. It is generally agreed that 2-5% of the school age population are affected by ADHD, a condition characterised by excessive hyperactivity, inattention and impulsivity.

AUDITORY PROCESSING
WWW.NIDCD.NIH.GOV/HEALTH/VOICE/AUDITORY.ASP

Auditory processing is a term used to describe what happens when your brain recognizes and interprets the sounds around you. Humans hear when energy that we recognize as sound travels through the ear and is changed into electrical information that can be interpreted by the brain. The “disorder” part of auditory processing disorder means that something is adversely affecting the processing or interpretation of the information.

AUTISM
WWW.AUTISMNZ.ORG.NZ

Autism New Zealand Inc. provides support, training, advocacy, resources and information on autism spectrum disorders including Asperger syndrome. Our members include those who have these conditions, their family/whanau, caregivers and professionals working with them.

DOWNS SYNDROME
WWW.NZDSA.ORG.NZ

The NZDSA offers

• new parent support
• national coordinator
• regional groups
• newsletter
• information packs
• freephone number 0800 NZDSAI

DYSPRAXIA
www.dyspraxia.org.nz

Dyspraxia is a neurologically based disorder of the process of ideation, motor planning, and execution, which may affect any or all areas of development. It is a hidden handicap as, under normal circumstances, children with Dyspraxia may appear no different from their peers. Diagnosis can only be made by an appropriate professional.

DYSLEXIA
WWW.DYSLEXIAFOUNDATION.ORG.NZ

The Dyslexia Foundation of New Zealand is a registered Charitable Trust that was established in October 2006, to provide a voice for and services to all dyslexic people in NZ and those supporting them.

GIFTEDNESS
WWW.GIFTEDCHILDREN.ORG.NZ

The New Zealand Association for Gifted Children (NZAGC) exists to promote the needs of gifted kids at national level and support and foster initiatives at local level which meet those needs.

INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLANS (IEP’S)
WWW.MINEDU.GOVT.NZ/INDEX.CFM

These guidelines are for schools, parents and specialists who support students with special education needs. They are intended to assist with planning for any special education students, whatever their need.

ONGOING REVIEWABLE RESOURCING SCHEME (ORRS)
WWW.MINEDU.GOVT.NZ/INDEX.CFM

The Ongoing and Reviewable Resourcing Schemes (ORRS) provide resources for a very small group of school students throughout New Zealand who have the highest need for special education. Most of these students have this level of need throughout their school years.

PARENTING
WWW.PARENTSCENTRE.ORG.NZ

Parents Centres has 52 Centres across the country and provides one of the largest parenting networks and associated infrastructure to support Parents and their children aged 0-6.

WWW.PARENTSINC.ORG.NZ

Parents Inc. are a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to making life better for parents and their kids. They offer a wide range of programmes to encourage and support parents.

HTTP://WWW.PARENT2PARENT.ORG.NZ

Parent to Parent is a support and information network for parents of children with special needs. Support is provided voluntarily by Trained Support Parents who have a child with the same or similar needs.

WWW.TOUGHLOVE.ORG.NZ

TOUGHLOVE is a loving solution for families that are being torn apart by this unacceptable behaviour. Families are lost and lives ruined by the lack of intervention and a false sense that there are no other families with similar experiences.

WWW1.TRIPLEP.NET

Whether you’re a parent, a practitioner or an organisation that works with parents, the international award winning Triple P – Positive Parenting Program®, backed by over 25 years of clinically proven, world wide research, has the answers to your parenting questions and needs.

RESOURCE TEACHERS: LEARNING AND BEHAVIOUR (RTLB) SERVICE
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Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour (RTLB) were established in schools in 1999 as part of the Special Education 2000 policy. The primary role of an RTLB is to provide itinerant specialist support to, and work with, students and teachers in order to improve the education outcomes for students with moderate learning and/or behaviour difficulties.

SENSORY PROCESSING
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Sensory processing is a complex set of actions that enable the brain to understand what is going on both inside your own body and in the world around you. A number of studies to understand sensory processing better have been conducted. In this web site, you will be introduced to the basic concepts about sensory processing.

SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES
www.sengifted.org

SENG seeks to inform gifted individuals, their families, and the professionals who work with them about the unique social and emotional needs of gifted persons. We support programs that foster in gifted individuals the mental health and social competence necessary for them to be free to choose ways to develop and express their abilities and talents fully.

With support, gifted individuals can develop abilities that enhance their own lives and the lives of others. Without understanding and support, they may be inhibited in the development of their gifts and talents, which can result in significant negative personal and societal consequences. The mission of SENG is to empower caring families and communities to influence more positively and effectively the development of giftedness in those individuals entrusted to their care.

SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES / DYSLEXIA
SPELD NEW ZEALAND
WWW.SPELD.ORG

SPELD – 30 years supporting those who learn differently.
SPELD NZ, the Specific Learning Disabilities Federation, has 29 member associations nationwide. The not-for-profit organisation was set up in 1971 to help children who were not realising their educational potential because of various specific learning disabilities – these are children who learn differently.

THE GIFTED EDUCATION CENTRE
www.giftededucation.org.nz

The Gifted Education Centre was established as the George Parkyn Centre in 1995 to promote professional support services for gifted children and all those living and working with them, and is a registered non-profit charitable trust.

THE GIFTED KIDS PROGRAM
WWW.GIFTEDKIDS.CO.NZ

The Gifted Kids Programme is committed to meeting the ‘special needs’ of gifted children. Historically a high proportion of education funding, resources and direction has gone towards children with learning difficulties,while few opportunities have been made available for gifted children.

TWICE EXCEPTIONAL LEARNERS (GIFTED WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY)
WWW.2ENEWSLETTER.COM

Maybe you know a bright child who seems lazy – a child who just never seems to work up to his or her potential. Children who are gifted in intelligence account for three to five percent of all children. Of those, however, as many as one-fifth may have some kind of learning difficulty.

UNDERACHIEVEMENT
http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/research-policy/wp/2002/02-23/14.htm

The evidence suggests that schooling (and formal education more broadly) can make a difference to many aspects of adult well-being. While mechanisms through which schooling affects adult outcomes are not fully understood, they involve the acquisition of basic skills such as literacy and numeracy, the positive effect of education on measured cognitive ability, and of wider behaviours, traits and social skills that are taught and reinforced through participation in schooling.

VISUAL SPATIAL LEARNERS
http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/Visual_Spatial_Learner/vsl.htm

Welcome to the wonderful world of the visual-spatial learner! This website offers information about this important learning style, and shares ways of recognising, assessing, teaching, counselling and living with visual-spatial learners.