“But, Does She Have Dyslexia?”

by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Dec 29, 2014 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities

Lauren is an 8 year old child in the first half of the third grade who I recently evaluated, just before the start of her school year. My evaluation found Lauren to be a somewhat inefficient reader, although almost all of the scores obtained on her fell solidly in an...

Dyslexia – “We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident”

by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Oct 17, 2014 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities

Dyslexia – “We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident” I am not pretending here to be the Thomas Jefferson of learning disabilities, but to borrow a phrase from that famous document that he authored (you know the one), where it was said “We hold these truths to be...

The Commutative Property of Childhood (and Dyslexia)

by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Oct 9, 2014 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities

A dad came in this week to talk about his struggling 8 year old, Anna, who just started third grade.  Anna has reading fluency issues, with particular difficulty managing words that are “low frequency.”  Even in this early part of the school year Anna is welling up...

Dyslexia: It Comes From Some Place

by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Sep 12, 2014 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities

A very common question that parents will ask me of their child who is showing signs of dyslexia is “Why?  Where does it come from?” As suggested in International Dyslexia Association definition of dyslexia it states that it is likely to be of “neurobiological origin.”...

Dyslexia in the New Year: Trying to Stay Away from the “New School Year Blues”

by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Aug 8, 2014 | Parenting Misc

It’s that time again.  Another summer slips away.  They just don’t make them like they used to. Soon you will be bombarded soon by all of “top tips for having your child to have a great school year.”  They will be in all of the magazines and the evening news. Even...