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“Ongoing Themes: #Dyslexia #ADHD #LD Discrepancy #504 #Parenting”
Those of you following this blog for some time know there are some recurring themes in these posts (that mostly irritate me). For others newer to these posts, I will help to bring you up to speed with some of the predominant ones. The LD-Discrepancy Model: Easily the...
First Grade Writing Demands Overwhelming
This week I met James, age 7 and a half. In my assessment of James, I found him to be extremely bright, with excellent higher level reasoning skills and a lively spontaneous personality. His reading skills were developing nicely, matching his strong...
The School Keeps Saying “Stay Out – They Have to Do It On Their Own”
By the upper elementary school grades, the message parents often get from the school is their child needs to do schoolwork on his/her own without parental support. For many children (those that can do work on their own), that's exactly what should be happening. Such...
Kindergarten Mom: Help! My Child is Shutting Down!
Anxiety over your child’s school-based problems can start very early. A mom recently contacted me after reading The Shut-Down Learner. “My son is drowning in school. Do you think he could be a shut-down learner?” After asking a few more questions, I was struck by the...