by Dr. Selz | Jun 27, 2025 | School/Special Education Misc, Uncategorized
The following quote is from the Foreword of The Shut-Down Learner: Helping Your Academically Discouraged Child. I have always loved this quote and feel that it timelessly captures the impact that school struggling has upon the child and the family. “I have been...
by Dr. Selz | Jun 20, 2025 | Modern Childhood
Here are 10 “Whys” that I don’t have ready answers for: 1). Why are 504 Plans templated? Shouldn’t they be made specifically for each child. Every 504 I’ve ever seen has “extra time,” for example. What if the child...
by Dr. Selz | Jun 13, 2025 | Assessment, Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
There are many terms within education and dyslexia that don’t translate well. My criteria for determining whether something translates well is the person-on-the-street standard. That is, if you stop the average person on the street and asked them what a term...
by Dr. Selz | Jun 6, 2025 | ADHD/ADD, Reading Comprehension
“What is meant by the phrase, “Italy was a quilt of city states?” “The government was like a blanket covering city-states of Italy.” “The two spaceships, Eagle and Columbia, separate. They orbit in sight of each other one last...
by Dr. Selz | May 30, 2025 | Modern Childhood, Parenting Misc
In many households there are temperamentally rigid and inflexible children who cause a great deal of distress. With their limited coping skills, such children become quite volatile and reactive to frustration. Jeff and Rose are the bleary eyed parents of three...
