by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Dec 16, 2022 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
Leora a 10-year-old fourth grader has been struggling since kindergarten. Every year the parents have raised their concerns with the teachers. The answers are variations on a theme. Act I: In first grade it was, “She’s still young and it’s probably developmental.”...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Dec 8, 2022 | Assessment
Some of you have been loyal followers of this blog for over 10 years, while others have joined more recently. If you’ve been one of the loyalists, you know there are some themes that cycle through the blog posts. While I do my best to keep these fresh, ...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Dec 2, 2022 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
Anxiety over a child’s development starts early. Recently a mom said to me, “My son is drowning in school. Do you think he has a learning disability?” What was particularly striking about this question was the fact that the child in question was only just five...