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Imagine you are that child that is being undermined and denied the opportunity to be happy and achieve.  How would you feel?  It is time we come to the understanding and acceptance of children with mild and severe learning difficulties we term as “special needs”.  There is [Read more]

I have often heard colleagues, parents and carers ask the question – How do I ignore this type of behaviour?  This child is always disturbing my class and is deliberately upsetting me.  What do I do with a rebellious child? How do I get rid of this unwanted and challenging behaviour? [Read more]

There are many among us who think it is no big deal to have a few missing teeth. In fact some of you reading this article would no doubt have lost one or more teeth and you most likely are not missing the tooth or teeth or at least you tell yourself that. However, it would be difficult to not notice [Read more]

The general definition of the term WORD is to say something, name, express, command, order or instruct.   ACTIONS simply put is how we act, react, operate or the effort we put in to do something.  REINFORCEMENT could be summarised as what helps to build up or increase anything. How d [Read more]

What is the true definition of success?  What does the word success mean to you?  According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word success summarily means to attain fame, wealth and social status.   The word success comes from the Latin word succeder which means to “com [Read more]

Before reading this article, please take a moment to ask yourself these questions:  Who is a parent/carer?  How did it feel like being a parent/carer for the first time? What is my role in a child’s overall development?  How can I as a parent/carer contribute to the success of a [Read more]

As a parent and educationist, my passion has always been and, is still to support children in achieving their maximum potential and achieving overall happiness! I have worked with individuals from ages zero to about 21 years and have observed simple truths that are useful to their developmental n [Read more]

Abstract: The fact that the 2014-2016 MTEF projects that an increase of N17 trillion in nominal GDP between 2012 and 2016 will be accompanied by a decline in nominal Federal Government revenue and spending suggests that Nigeria’s fiscal policy has disconnected from economic reality. Urgent ste [Read more]

Nigeria’s demand for wheat based foods is large and growing. The GON cassava flour import-substitution initiative is impacting U.S. wheat market share negatively but market share is expected to rebound as Nigeria and its neighboring countries continue to demand high quality wheat based food s [Read more]

Effective delegation is a skill which is often overlooked by busy managers who think that they already do this well enough. However during our training and workshops we discover that many managers have completely the wrong idea about what effective delegation actually is and the benefits that can be [Read more]