by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Oct 26, 2017 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities, Uncategorized
My wife and I were out for dinner with another couple, both of whom were in the medical field with lots of years of experience. They were curious about my recently presenting as a keynote speaker at the Decoding Dyslexia conference in Utah. “So, Rich, what percentage...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Oct 20, 2017 | Parenting Misc
Kids are frequently told a lot that they need to be doing their “personal best.” Doesn’t that seem like an unfair standard? Are you doing your “personal best?” If I were honest about it (and I would like not to be), I think I have failed at my personal best every...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Oct 13, 2017 | Assessment
As part of an assessment I always ask kids to write their name and address. Lately, I’ve been noticing a troubling trend. Increasingly, kids look at me blankly when it comes to the address part. They don’t know where they live. Look, I understand that for kids...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Oct 1, 2017 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
“Identifying a label for student’s type of learning disability is not the key issue. Use of the label dyslexia may not even be necessary. Describing the phenomena observed in the child should be the goal of the diagnostic assessment, especially in an area as muddled...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Sep 29, 2017 | Parenting Misc
As part of my constellation of professional activities, I often talk to parents about their child’s behavior. Frequently, I find myself highlighting two fundamentally different styles of parenting. With “Reactive Parenting,” as the name implies when a negative...
