by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | May 25, 2018 | Assessment
There is a type of child I see quite often that is often confounding for schools and parents alike. This is the child I think of as “just-off.” Quantitatively, the “Just-Off Child” mostly resides in the portion of the bell-shaped curve, within the dreaded “average...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | May 17, 2018 | Assessment
One of the things that I hear quite often from parents is the following statement: “When we inquired with the school about dyslexia, they told me, ‘dyslexia is a medical condition and that we need to go to a neurologist (or some other such physician) for the...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | May 11, 2018 | Modern Childhood
Beyond their level of development and maturity, kids are becoming preoccupied and exposed to far too much content than they can handle. Childhood is becoming overwhelming. What’s behind this? It’s pretty clear. Most of the kids I talk to have pretty unlimited access...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | May 4, 2018 | Assessment
In contrast with kids who travel on a smoother road, on this site and in our books we are concerned with kids riding a rougher road. These kids have a tough ride for all kinds of reasons. Dyslexia evaluation and ADHD Assessment Tools Here are some fundamental...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Apr 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
In last blog post I talked about Jackson, a child who was struggling with basic concepts of math, such as time, money and simple fractions. I had intended to build on last week’s blog, but instead I need to take a different direction in terms of Jackson. Jackson was...
