by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | May 26, 2016 | Modern Childhood
It’s that time of year, the time where parents start to let their guard down, but at the same time they stress over what they should be doing with their children to keep them academically on track in the summer. Here are a few pointers to keep in mind for the...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | May 20, 2016 | Executive Functioning
Does your child have “BID (Boredom Intolerance Disorder)?” Don’t Google it or look it up on WebMd. I made it up. Let’s look at boredom intolerance. To start, If 100 kids (or adults for that matter) were asked, “How many of you would like to take part in a boring...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | May 13, 2016 | Reading Comprehension
Researchers have found a sharp decline in reading enjoyment after the age of eight. Sixty-two percent of children between six and eight say they either love or like reading books for fun, but this percentage drops to just 46% for children between the ages of nine to...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | May 6, 2016 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
In spite of state training initiatives around the country, there are so many persisting mythologies hampering the understanding of “dyslexia.” Besides the top one of, “Isn’t that when a child reads upside down and backwards,” the second is the myth that “Only medical...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Apr 29, 2016 | Writing Difficulty-Dysgraphia
Those of you who have been following Shut-Down learner for a while know that I have a bit of an obsession with kids’ writing. It’s true. I am endlessly fascinated by the writing samples that they generate. When I look at a writing sample, usually I know...
