by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jan 18, 2019 | Assessment
Last week we talked about some of the essential questions to ask of an assessment: Questions of An Assessment: Part I. We emphasized asking fundamental questions first such as: Does my child have a problem? (yes or no) If there is a problem(s), where does it lie? How...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jan 11, 2019 | Assessment
In this day and age of ready information at your fingertips, what I find is that parents are frequently armed with confused notions or misinformation that they’ve gotten from all kinds of sources. For example, there frequently is a great deal of confusion or misguided...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jan 10, 2019 | Podcast
On Wednesday 1/9/19, Dr. Selznick once again joined comedian Dena Blizzard on the third episode of her Facebook live talk show, Sip Share Advocate, to discuss essentials for learning disabilities and dyslexia over a glass of wine. View the recorded episode below!...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jan 4, 2019 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
Homework is often a battleground. Refrains such as, “It’s stupid,” “I hate it,” “It’s not fun,” and variations on these themes occur across the country starting in the afternoon, continuing through until about 9:00 at night. Of course there are the dutiful soldiers...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Dec 21, 2018 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
It was a momentous week for me. My fourth book, “What To Do About Dyslexia: 25 Essential Concepts for Parents” arrived. Often, people writing about topics such as dyslexia are writing about their personal struggles that they have grappled with to overcome the...
