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A mom checked in with me recently regarding her 10th grade child who was struggling with reading, spelling and writing. The question on the table was at this phase of his life, what can be done with him? Is it […]
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Open-ended writing can be dreadfully difficult for school-struggling children. On so many levels, they find the task to be overwhelming. For those who are struggling, the more common classroom writing tasks that encourage the child to write as he/she feels […]
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Open-Ended writing is usually not difficult for children on the “smooth road,” the ones without the myriad of variables leading to school struggling. For the “Smooth-Roaders” their sentences are complete and varied in style. There is flow to their written […]
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You may not remember it, but there was a time in American education before IEP’s, 504 Plan’s and “special education.” It was in 1975 that federal legislation was passed, guaranteeing a free appropriate public education to each child with a […]
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(Not sure why I have been in such a nostalgic mood lately. On YouTube I’ve been watching old horses from bygone eras win the Triple Crown. Perhaps it was seeing my third Triple Crown victory a couple of weeks ago […]