Blog
Usha Patel, Neurocognitive Therapist and Director of Raviv Practice London shares her first-hand experience of working with children /adults and the latest research and upcoming events in her series of blog posts.
Developing critical and problem-solving skills
It always surprises me how quickly a child of any school age, from 4 years upwards, can grasp this skill of solving Sudoku puzzles. It does not matter what the diagnosis is; dyslexia, dyscalculia, ASD, dyspraxia… even dysgraphia
When children get bored easily
Some children learn better when doing a practical thing, rather than thinking deeply or reading about it. The act of ‘doing’ helps some children remember the task at hand.
Body, brain and improving handwriting
A parent came to me, shocked to hear the evaluation for her daughter. After a two-month break from intensive occupational therap,y her 7-year-old daughter was displaying weak core strength.
The learning journey of Eemaan - a child with Down Syndrome
In November 2017, I met Eemaan, a sparkly bright four-year-old diagnosed with Down syndrome, for the first time. Nine months from our first meeting, Eemaan is now using sentences.
Reversing numbers and letters is a thing of the past
Do you write with your left or right hand? This is a preference your brain and body has decided is the strongest for this particular task, it is your 'dominant hand'.
Flop or Flob? The power of speaking it out
I was watching one of my students write the other day, and noticed countless problems with her seated position, her pencil grip, and how she was obscuring the sentence with her hand as she wrote. The effort was enormous on her part.