• What are Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder? 
  
  

• What are the specific symptoms? 
  
  

• How do these syndromes affect children in school and in other aspects of their lives? 
  
  

• Learning disabilities are not the same as mental retardation, and attention deficit disorder is not caused by emotional problems or war trauma. 
  
  

• Other very common problems that affect several children in every classroom.

Educators, mental health providers, parents, and others who interact with children.

 

All participants were given a "Communication with Children Manual for Teachers" and a "teaching video" for their school, orphanage, institute, academy, mental health center, and for those parents present for their home use. 

 

• Through a variety of teaching techniques, participants had first hand training on teaching strategies such as lecture, video, handouts, question and answer periods. 
  
  

• Creativity -  "Provide an energetic atmosphere, and give personal attention to students in the classroom who exhibit LD/ADD symptoms to help them focus on the lesson being taught. Compliment the student on good work and give them encouragement."
  
  

Bonnie Miller - Bonnie started her social work career in the public schools and conducts training sessions for teachers all over the world. She has taught Social Work, Psychology, and Special Education at universities in the U.S., Greece, Thailand, Cyprus, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Her special areas of interest include mental health, drug prevention, parent education, stress management, and child abuse prevention. She has given seminars at the Pedagogical Academies in Sarajevo and Mostar and serves as a consultant to many local and international NGO's in BiH. Her first book, "Communication with Children", was published in BiH in 2000 and she has traveled throughout the country presenting workshops to parents, teachers, NGO's and mental health professionals on this topic. Bonnie is a member of the TWI (Training Workshops International) for the Children training team in Bosnia.

Azra and Vjeko Saje - Azra and Vjeko have worked with TWI since 1996 when we first started our work in Bosnia-Herzegovina. They coordinate all of our programs in BiH, as well as being responsible for giving suggestions for new projects that address the needs of the children and their caretakers.