by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Aug 16, 2016 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
“It is essential to begin a remedial program at a level, and with specific tasks that are easy enough so that successful performance is virtually certain.” (Harris & Sipay, 1980) That quote was from nearly 40 years ago! I’ve lately had to mine some...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jan 29, 2016 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
As the landscape of struggling children gets more and more complicated, with parents confused to know where to turn or what to do next, I do my best to simplify things. One area to simplify is the reading remediation your child is receiving. Presuming you have had...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Nov 21, 2014 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
I often think there is needless complication in the field relative to the varieties of issues that children present. From the perspective of having seen tons of kids over the years, I typically see two essential types of reading problems. Each one requires a different...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jul 7, 2014 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
Stage I of reading development (Google, Jeanne Chall) typically corresponds to the end of kindergarten through the end of first grade. This is the first major “learning to read” stage. Your child usually starts Stage I when they can do the following:...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jun 27, 2014 | Reading Comprehension
A father of a sweet 11-year-old girl came in to have her child evaluated this week. By impression and observations, the girl, Katie, was on the innocent side of life. She was still in the “Hello Kitty” phase, which was nice to see, given how fast and advanced many...
