by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Nov 26, 2010 | School/Special Education Misc
Is your child falling off the "Curriculum Ship?" The Curriculum Ship leaves the dock in early September and keeps going forward until middle to late June, arriving at port somewhere on the other side of the ocean. This is not a ship that slows down, even if...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Nov 3, 2010 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
Last week I reminded us of an “old school” educational concept that isn’t talked about as much as I think it should be – “task analysis.” (www.shutdownlearner.com/blog) This week’s old school concept is Instructional...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Oct 27, 2010 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
There are a number of old school concepts in education that I don’t hear much about any more that I think still apply. “Task analysis” is one of them. With task analysis the idea is that any end point task that you want someone to master should...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Oct 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
This past weekend it was my honor to be a presenter at the two-day FRUA (Families for Russian & Ukrainian Adoption: www.frua.org) conference, held at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. A range of speakers covered a variety of different...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Oct 8, 2010 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
Well, here I am listening to another parent story. No, it’s not actually me in the picture, but it certainly feels like me at the moment. This picture is taken from the movie “Network,” where Howard Beale (Peter Finch) a newscaster goes on nightly rants fed up with...
