The Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat held a special seminar on Tuesday in an effort to address the issues of learning difficulties and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
According to a MoE press release, the seminar, which was held at the Pegasus Hotel, was attended by senior education officers, teachers, cadet officers, mainstream teachers and those attached to special schools. It was executed in collaboration with the G. Halley Marville Trust and facilitated by Educational Psychologist Dr Ysanne Marville and Craig Shirley, Integrative Therapist and OCD specialist.
Minister of Education Dr Nicolette Henry, in her remarks, said that in order to understand learning difficulties and OCD, there needs to be inclusive learning, teaching and research attitude and culture to enable students, staff and stakeholders to develop their full potential.
