Barbara Pheloung 
School Floors [EPUB ebook] 

Chapter 1 — My Journey

Chapter 2 — The Pyramid of Learning.

Chapter 3 — How movement could benefit those with Learning Difficulties — Veronica Steer, Occupational Therapist, Sound Therapist and Kinesiologist.

Chapter 4 — The signs and effects of oversensitivity to certain foods and food additives and the difficulties of changing what we eat. — Dr. Marilyn Dyson.

Chapter 5 — This chapter provides a description of a basic movement program that helps to prepare children for classroom achievement. It contains advice on how to introduce and implement the program and an explanation of Primitive Reflexes.

Chapter 6 — The New Pioneers

6a — From getting to the roots of her son’s problem to those of many preschoolers — Winsome Richards

6b — Commonwealth Literacy Program — Margaret Greville

6c — A Teacher’s Aide ends up teaching Teachers — Julia Dive

6d — Enhancing Learning through movement — Sue Mackay

6e — Move to Learn in the classroom — Michelle Learmouth

6f — A Remedial Teacher Converts her School to a Holistic Movement Based Approach to LD — Carol Hewatt

6g — Mental diseases and Learning Difficulties are both neurologically based — Rachel Fisher

Chapter 7 — Learning Difficulty Support Groups and how to start one.

Chapter 8 — Research

Christine Chapparo shares of how she brought Occupational Therapy into 2 schools.

Chapter 9 — Additional Resources

9a — Calming overactive and oversensitive children in the classroom — Veronica Steer.

9b — Sound Therapy and Auditory Processing — Veronica Steer

9c — Healing the Hurts

Various healing therapies to relieve stress caused by neurological, emotional and environmental imbalances.

9d — Food Journals

Michelle Learmouth, a classroom Teacher, shares examples of student journals.

9e — Getting Good Enough to Get on a Team

Additional movement activities to build skills for ball catching and throwing, bat and ball activities, handwriting and some social skills — Veronica Steer.

9f — How to Survive the Playground

Jacqueline Lee, an acting Headmistress, shares playground management techniques and suggestions of safe equipment.

9g — Parental Help with Movement Program

A Teacher, Sue Mc Kay, shares the form she designed to ask for the help of parents with the movement program in the school.

9h — Applying for Funding for Early Assessment

Winsome Richards shares the letter she wrote for funding support for school entry assessment at South Kalgoorlie, Australia, Pre-Primary, 1998.

9i — Australian Dirty Dozen Additives

Sue Dengate, an Australian authority on nutrition and food intolerance, lists the worst 12 additives in our processed foods — as of December 2005.

9j — Quick Functional Vision Screening

Sue Larter, Behavioural Optometrist, explains 2 quick tests which can alert to possible visual immaturities.

9k — Ready for School?

Dr. Pye Twaddell, educator, describes her standardized Australian school entry test that can be done by any Teacher.

9l — Signs to Look for Before the Third Birthday

Simple things that parents can identify as immature development and then correct quickly.

9m — Nutrition and Biochemistry

Nutrition and food intolerance — Dr Marilyn Dyson

9n — The Green Shed Girls Learn about Social Interaction

Julia Dive, a teacher’s aide, shares tips for improving self confidence and social skills of LD students.

9o — Drumming

Mike Almond, percussionist, shares an easy way for teachers and students to try drumming without the need for drums or much musical experience, only a sense of adventure.

9p — Movement and the Use of 3 dimensional Objects

Helps students to understand number work more easily.

Barbara Pheloung, B.A., Dip.Ed.(Spec.Ed.), was a resource teacher, born in Canada, who spent over 35 years specialising in working in the field of special education in Australia.
In 1987 she set up a specialised treatment centre in Manly, Australia, known as ‘The Beach House’. This was a private centre for those with Learning Difficulties and Hyperactivity in which Teachers, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and a Physical Education Teacher worked together sharing their expertise. Barbara’s team proved that by working together, starting with the professional who met the most basic needs of a particular child, results could be quick and permanent. The success of The Beach House also demonstrated that similar centres could be set up in any community and with a minimum of financial support.
Barbara went on to become a pioneer in the field of learning difficulties; authoring four books, producing two educational DVDs and working with thousands of students, parents and teachers across the world. She and her associates refined and perfected a sequential movement program that can be done with an individual, a small group or with a whole class and requires little in terms of training or equipment. The movement sequences seem to act as a ‘neurological kick-start’, helping children to reach learning readiness and removing the obstacles that had blocked them in the past.
In 2004 Barbara was nominated for Australian of the Year.