ABSTRACT
All young children are born with a sense of curiosity about the world in which they live. Through learning, children develop essential survival skills and organise their world so as to make sense of it. They learn to acquire crucial ‘building block’ skills and also to regulate their environment which in turn helps them to live in a social world. For many, however, there are circumstances which can impede learning – especially if adults around the child fail to understand the difficulties he is experiencing and/or are unsure about how to take positive action.
