Educationist seeks therapy for children with disabilities

The founder of Royal School of Educational Therapy Foundation (RSETF), Abuja, Dr Badewa Adejugbe-Williams, has urged government to support educational therapy for children with learning disabilities.

Speaking during the gallery of talents exhibition, meant to celebrate the achievements of children of the school, Adejugbe-Williams noted that educational therapy for children with learning difficulties are expensive in Nigeria due to lack of governmental supports.

She noted that facilities for the training of children with learning disabilities are very expensive, adding that it is only government can subsidize the cost.

She said, “Educational therapy is recommended for students who may have learning disabilities, due to intellectual disability, autism, dyslexia, down syndrome among other learning challenges and conditions.

It demystifies learning problems and stimulates clients’ awareness of their strengths, so they can use those strengths to their best advantage to overcome or compensate for their areas of weaknesses.”

Adejugbe-Williams, who specialises in children and adult disabilities, maintained that educational therapists create and implement a treatment plan that utilizes information from a variety of sources, including the clients’ social, emotional, psycho-educational neurophysiological context.

Also speaking, public diplomacy officer, US Embassy, Abuja, Joseph Schaller maintained that the embassy would continue to support such schools in Nigeria to improve the learning abilities of children.