by Dr. Selz | Feb 13, 2025 | Assessment
A number of years ago, I had the good fortune to take part on a panel during a symposium on dyslexia sponsored by the grassroots parenting group, Decoding Dyslexia: NJ. Dr. Sally Shaywitz, the author of “Overcoming Dyslexia” was the keynote speaker. While talking...
by Dr. Selz | Feb 7, 2025 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities, Parenting Misc
Anxiety over a child’s school-based problems can start very early. After reading The Shut-Down Learner, a mom contacted me. “My son’s drowning in in school. Do you think he could be a shut-down learner,” she asked. After asking a few more...
by Dr. Selz | Jan 30, 2025 | ADHD/ADD, Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities, Modern Childhood, Parenting Misc
Those of you following this blog for some time know there are some recurring themes in these posts. Frequently, the blogs are my outlet for getting things off my chest that frequently come up in my interactions with parents. If you’re a relative newcomer, I will...
by Dr. Selz | Jan 23, 2025 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
Parents frequently raise questions of dyslexia with their child’s school. When they report back to me how the conversation went, I get the feeling that the school goes into a sort of quiet hush mode, like they are talking about Voldemort – “He Who Must Not Be Named.”...
by Dr. Selz | Jan 16, 2025 | ADHD/ADD, Reading Comprehension
When Kids struggle with reading comprehension, often there is an overlap in “real life” and the way the child interacts in their personal world. In this era of automatically labeling and pathologizing an unwanted behavior as “ADHD,” this overlap is something...
