by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jul 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
When I ask parents of children who are struggling with reading what is being done to correct the problem, I frequently hear something like, “he’s getting in-class support.” When pressed further to explain what remedial method is being used, I usually don’t get much...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jul 7, 2014 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
Stage I of reading development (Google, Jeanne Chall) typically corresponds to the end of kindergarten through the end of first grade. This is the first major “learning to read” stage. Your child usually starts Stage I when they can do the following:...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jun 27, 2014 | Reading Comprehension
A father of a sweet 11-year-old girl came in to have her child evaluated this week. By impression and observations, the girl, Katie, was on the innocent side of life. She was still in the “Hello Kitty” phase, which was nice to see, given how fast and advanced many...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jun 21, 2014 | Reading Comprehension
So, your child is reasonably down the road with the skills of decoding and reading fluency. The next stage emphasis is typically focused on comprehension, and one of the underpinning skills of reading comprehension is the ability to apply the skill of “Hmm, let me...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jun 13, 2014 | Writing Difficulty-Dysgraphia
Writing rubrics are familiar to most parents these days. The rubrics are the criteria used to assess a range of writing skills for a child. Here’s a writing rubric that was handed to me recently for David, a child who I was going to assess. On a four scale rubric,...
