Pedagogy

The domain of the pedagogy at the Kanner Helpdesk offers advice, diagnosis, and therapy in context with:

concentration
reading/spelling/calculating problems
dyslexia
dyscalculia
perceptions (optical differentiation, optical memory, optical seriality, auditory differentiation, auditory memory, auditory seriality, spatial orientation, body scheme).

Further:

schoolwork organization
AD(H)D-Coaching
Group training in social skills

are available.

Consulting

Target groups

Parent/Guardian
Child/Teenager
Teachers
Institutions

Please note:

Therapies can be worked out on an individual basis or in small groups of children.

We can set up a cooperation with a multifunctional network of specialists (doctors, psychomotor therapists, ergo therapists, speech therapists, nutritional consultants ...).

Target Group: Parents/Guardian

Detection of problems in children and teenagers.
Information on the problems existing.
Supporting activities: How can we help? Who should we contact? etc.
Coaching: finding, developing, and making use of the strong points of the parents or guardian to give educational help to children and teenagers and simultaneously supporting relief to the parents/the guardian.

Target Group: Child/Teenager

Specific diagnosis: detecting weak and strong points,
explanation of the problems existing,
offering support: taking advantage of strengths to compensate weaknesses.
All this takes place in co-operation with the parents.

Target Group: Teachers

Further to inquiry, teachers can be offered support with the permission and co-operation of the school director:

Information about possible problems for the teaching staff.
Support with various teaching techniques.
Attending meetings between school and parents to offer supportive coaching to find a consensus between school and home.
Supporting the child during lessons.

Target Group: Institutions

("Supervision" according to demand)

Discussing case studies.
Availability of information.
Advice to the personnel.
Attending meetings between school and parents to offer supportive coaching to find a consensus between institution and home.
Lectures on specific topics.
...

Diagnosis

What can be proven diagnostically on the basis of specific tests?

Development

neurological development
visual development
aural perception
linguistic development
psychological aspects: nonverbal intelligence diagnosis, fears, self-perception

Body

body scheme
laterality
general motor skills
fine motor skills
perception of time

Impairment/Disturbances which can influence learning

ADHD
reading/spelling/calculating problems
dyslexia, dyscalculia

Please note:

The above-mentioned problems are often linked to aggressive behavior and a strained social situation.

Individual support

What kind of support can be offered?

Supporting programmes can be individually set up and may include:

motor-pedagogical aspects
training in reading, spelling and calculating; training to overcome dyslexia and dyscalculia
training in perception and concentration
aspects of relaxation