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Stephen Harris in Trouble: A Dyspraxic Drama in Several Clumsy Acts

  • ISBN-13: 9781843101345
  • Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
  • By Tim Nichol
  • Price: AUD $31.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 16/04/2003
  • Format: Paperback 144 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Autism & Asperger's Syndrome [MJNA]
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Eleven-year-old Stephen Harris is a clumsy boy: he spills juice at the dinner table, loses his school bag on the bus and struggles to read his own messy handwriting. How will he cope at secondary school, where there will be so many different things to learn and remember, when he can't even tie his shoe-laces? Stephen's school life looks set to be full of trouble until a new teacher and a special needs advisor arrive to help Stephen with his coordination, concentration and organisation difficulties.Taking a light-hearted and humorous look at life through the eyes of an eleven-year-old boy, this book recounts the everyday problems that are faced by children with Developmental Co-ordination Disorders (DCDs), and contains creative and positive approaches to teaching and parenthood that readers will find hugely supportive.
Meet the family - and Stephen!; Steve has a really bad day from dawn to dusk and something has to give.; a miraculous day all-round; Miss Sebastian has a way with children; the bubble bursts - sadly!; miracle questions - Mike Quinn meets Stephen; family conference - at the school gates; business partners - Rita returns; meanwhile back at the meeting things are looking up; ginger nuts at Gran's; a disturbed night; into action; dinner for two; reading the signs; Cupid strikes; taster day.
Research indicates that up to one in twenty children suffer to some extent from this developmental disorder, so the subject is, or should be, of concern to both educational and social care staff who work with children, as well as to parents or carers. The account manages to be both entertaining and insightful - it offers a number of creative and positive approaches to improve these children's concentration, writing and other perceptual skills, information processing and behaviour.
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