Welcome to Psychopedagogy Blog - Health & Education! A space focused on the articulation between neuroscience, clinical and institutional psychopedagogy, health and education. The proposal is to offer content, reflections and contemporary pedagogical practices in clear and accessible language, bringing technical knowledge closer to the reality of parents, educators and health professionals.
Integrated practices
Understand selective mutism at school and how to support children who speak spontaneously at home, but are silent in the classroom, with support and accessible participation...
Understand what DLD is, the differences between speech delay and language disorder, and how oral language supports school reading and writing...
Understand how emotions, executive functions and the environment affect cognition and discover how psychopedagogy intervenes without pathologizing the student...
Understand the differences between handwriting, spelling and text production, demystify illegible handwriting and learn about effective psycho-pedagogical interventions...
Understand the incessant search for confirmations, intolerance to uncertainty, the silent suffering of good students and effective strategies with family and school...
Understand sensory processing, tactile and auditory sensitivities, the scientific vision of the American Academy of Pediatrics and support strategies in the family and at school...
How to support adolescents with Down syndrome in developing autonomy, friendships, sexuality and planning for adulthood...
Understand the differences between deafness and hearing impairment in the school context and learn about visual teaching strategies to promote real access and participatory inclusion...
Understand why high abilities or giftedness does not mean being good at everything and how to identify needs, double exceptionality and support child development...
The diagnosis of Down syndrome does not determine in advance everything a child will be able to learn. Discover strategies to support your participation, learning and autonomy...
Irritability in neurodivergent children is not always bad behavior. Understand how overload, anxiety, social barriers and lack of support can affect emotional regulation...
Does your child or student know the answer, but take a long time to finish assignments and tests? Understand how processing speed can interfere with children's learning...
Does your child or student read correctly but cannot explain the text? Understand the difference between decoding and reading comprehension and know which signs to look for...
Understand how neuroplasticity transforms the brain up to the age of six, the role of responsive care and why more stimulation does not mean greater brain benefit...
Does your child erase and redo the task often? Understand when care becomes fear of making mistakes and how family and school can help...
Understand what phonological awareness is, why it helps with literacy and which games and strategies promote reading and writing...
Knowing how to perform a task does not mean being able to start it independently. Learn about executive functions and discover how to help your child take the first step...
Not all difficult behavior represents a conscious attempt to challenge adults. Crying, screaming and irritability can reveal frustration, tiredness or overload...
A balanced psychopedagogical and neurobiological reflection on the limits and potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the school and learning routine...
Check out practical management strategies, limits and support for parents and educators to help children or adolescents with ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder)...
What do we actually do when evaluating someone? A deep reflection, recovering memories of teaching in 1995 and the dangers of the supremacy of the pedagogical ego...
Is being in the classroom enough? A sensitive and necessary analysis of the crucial difference between physically integrating and affectively and intellectually including neurodivergent children...
Understand why evaluating a child's learning behavior is a serious and multifactorial matter, requiring clinical judgment rather than quick guesses...
Understand why difficulties in writing do not measure a child's value or intelligence. Discover the neuroscientific bases of writing and learn how to support with affection...
Discover the risks of disproportionate rigor when correcting mischief and learn how to teach ethics and responsibility to children in a balanced way...
Understand why standardizing children's learning and behavior is a scientific and emotional mistake. Discover trajectories of overcoming and neurodiversity...
Find out why focusing only on Portuguese and mathematics grades can compromise children's socio-emotional development and learn about the importance of relational pedagogy...
Discover how learning a musical instrument boosts children's psychomotor development, creativity, empathy and emotional intelligence...
Understand the risks of excessive educational stimuli in childhood and the importance of free play, imagination and freedom to make mistakes in healthy development...
Does your child seem to ignore calls, get distracted by noise or ask to repeat instructions? Understand what Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) is...
Understand when changing letters in writing is part of the literacy process and when it may indicate learning difficulties, dyslexia or other issues...
Understand the common causes of children's learning difficulties, how to identify the signs at home and at school and when it is time to seek psycho-pedagogical help...
Understand the impact of screen use in childhood on brain development, what are healthy limits for screen time and warning signs for a child's health...
Find out what developmental dyscalculia is, how to identify the signs in children with math difficulties and the role of educational psychology...
Understand what childhood anxiety is, what physical and emotional signs to observe and how the family, school and educational psychology can support the child...
Understand what dyslexia is in childhood, what signs of reading and writing difficulties to observe in children and how family and school can provide support...
Understand what ODD is in childhood, what signs of oppositional behavior to observe and how family, school and educational psychology can help with limits and affection...
Understand the difference between common childhood agitation and ADHD. Discover the signs of inattention, impulsivity and how to support a child's development...
Discover the milestones of child development and common signs of the Autism Spectrum (ASD), understanding when to seek help and how to act...
Understand how psychopedagogical assessment helps to identify learning difficulties and direct intervention strategies...
How to structure a diverse lesson plan that respects the individual learning rhythms of each student in the regular classroom...
The act of playing is not just leisure. Discover the neurological relevance of playful activities in children's motor and spatial development...
A simplified scientific analysis of neuroplasticity and its practical application in the pedagogical recovery of children and adults...
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