by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Feb 28, 2014 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
When parents come in to talk about their kids and why they are struggling there are the common list of factors that are usually discussed. Some of these include: Poor phonemic awareness Limited decoding skills Weak fluency Family predisposition toward dyslexia...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Aug 26, 2011 | ADHD/ADD, Writing Difficulty-Dysgraphia
To stimulate me out of the late summer doldrums, I looked to this news of the day feature that came across my e-mail inbox: “Writing problems common in kids with ADHD,” said the news header. As the start of the article noted, ‘Kids with...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jul 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
I know it’s summer and you don’t want to be thinking about school, but I thought in these dog days of summer you could create your own unofficial “Home IEP.” This Home IEP would be your own blueprint for the coming school year. To write...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | May 26, 2011 | Executive Functioning
Much of my professional life, I listen to moms who come in and tell me various and sundry things that the school has told them about their child. Hearing some of the things that the moms are told, I can feel my neck twinge. Sometimes I can feel it twinge maybe five or...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Feb 13, 2011 | Modern Childhood
When I was coming up in this field as a young psychologist, I got my first job at the Hill Top Preparatory School, a renowned private school in the Philadelphia suburbs specializing in adolescents with learning disabilities. Different than reading any chapter in a...
