by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Mar 7, 2012 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
Probably a week does not go by where I haven’t heard something like the following from a bleary eyed parent: “The school is telling us that no one really knows what dyslexia is and if anyone really does it has to be a medically diagnosed.” ...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Feb 20, 2012 | Assessment
When a child is evaluated by the school’s special education team, frequently parents hear something like, “Your child’s reading skills are average, meaning he/she is not eligible for services.” Upon closer inspection of the child’s...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Feb 15, 2012 | Writing Difficulty-Dysgraphia
I’m not sure what’s going on out there, but more and more I hear parents say that when their child (typically a boy) is resistant to school, the resistance is linked to anguish (hatred) of performing any type of writing. Writing is...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Feb 3, 2012 | Parenting Misc
Players: The Mom and Miles, age 11 Scene: Family Office. Door closed. Miles & The Mom in the room. No One else is around. The Mom: (Speaking very calmly with no edgy tones) Miles, I’ve been thinking about it. I...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jan 26, 2012 | Modern Childhood
I was recently preparing for a talk that I was to give on childhood obesity. One of the things that struck me in my reading on the topic was the fact that childhood obesity was a relatively new phenomenon, something that has dramatically increased over the past...
