by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jun 24, 2022 | Modern Childhood
Not sure why (I have my theories), but there has been a considerable increase of children landing on my doorstep with behaviors that have become something of a water torture of “drip, drip, dripping” to others around them. The social fallout is the result of this this...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jun 17, 2022 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
Over the years, I’ve been a bit of a hoarder. Like most things, there are advantages and disadvantages to this habit. One advantage (not that my wife agrees) is that I have held on to different journals that were in the dustbins of Temple University’s renowned Reading...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jun 10, 2022 | Executive Functioning
Last week we talked about the idea that “stamina” is not a word parents reference much to when talking about their concerns (“Stamina” (Part I) This lack of stamina probably manifests in many different forms, much of which overlaps with some of the...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jun 3, 2022 | Executive Functioning
It’s always interesting to me how words or terms come in and out of favor. When parents come in to talk about their children, “stamina” is a word that I don’t hear mentioned too often. Parents will make reference to a child having difficulty with “executive...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | May 27, 2022 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
Last Sunday on the front page of the New York Times was a major piece on the proponent of “balanced literacy,” offering some type of retreat for the philosophy behind “balanced literacy” that has been espoused for decades having failed legions of children (NYT...
