Planet
Parent special
presentation
Sunday,
January 9, at 10:00 p.m. EST, repeated
Sunday January 16 at 4:00 p.m.
60
minutes
Produced by Telefactory Inc.
Every schoolyard has a few:
the kids on the fringes. They have obsessive interests and play alone. These
kids just don’t fit in, and it’s painful for them and their families who
often aren’t sure how to help.
We are
now learning that this kind of behaviour could be a sign of Asperger
syndrome. Asperger is a high-functioning kind of autism that results in kids
who are sometimes called “little professors.” It’s tough to diagnose and
wasn’t even defined until the mid 1990s. Thousands of adults may have grown
up with Asperger without knowing it.
This month, a special
one-hour presentation of Planet Parent demystifies Asperger and
examines its impact on several families. The program also offers a platform
for researchers and other experts to discuss the origin of this mysterious
disorder and the hunt for a cure. Watch for it Sunday January 9 at 10:00
p.m.
Planet Parent
helps navigate the perils and joys of parenthood and the challenges of
helping kids grow from birth through to leaving home. For more information
about Planet Parent and this special program, including course
connections and educational resources for the classroom, visit the website
at www.tvo.org.
Curriculum Links
Social Sciences and
Humanities—issues in human growth and
development; diversity and human development: recommend, implement, and
evaluate strategies for dealing with a special-needs child in a real life
setting, Grade 12
Technological Education—medical
technologies: describe conventional health practices and alternative health
practices (e.g., homeopathic remedies, acupuncture, therapeutic touch),
Grade 12
Some are the melody, some are the rhythm, some are the harmony