Bright Kids Who Can’t Keep Up: My interview with Dr. Ellen Braaten

by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Feb 14, 2021 | Executive Functioning

Processing speed isn’t a one-dimensional concept. It’s not just about how fast received, or how fast we write or how fast we can process what we’ve heard. It’s really a combination of all those factors. In fact, processing speed deficits can be observed in visual...

Writing – Throwing the Child in the Deep End of the Pool

by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Apr 24, 2013 | Writing Difficulty-Dysgraphia

Let’s say you have a little child, perhaps five or six years of age.  He doesn’t know how to swim, so you decide it’s time to give him lessons.  What if the swim instructor said something like, “You know we have strict standards for six year olds and we have...

Boy Disconnection to the Writing Process

by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Feb 15, 2012 | Writing Difficulty-Dysgraphia

I’m not sure what’s going on out there, but more and more I hear parents say that when their child (typically a boy) is resistant to school, the resistance is linked to anguish (hatred) of performing any type of writing.    Writing is...

Writing With LD & ADHD: Countering the Perfect Storm

by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Sep 7, 2011 | Writing Difficulty-Dysgraphia

In a recent post,  we discussed the perfect storm of ADHD/LD and writing.  I noted that at the heart of ADHD and LD issues are deficits in active working memory. Open-ended writing can be dreadfully difficult to school-struggling children because of these...

Screeching on the Violin

by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | May 6, 2011 | Writing Difficulty-Dysgraphia

Once a pon a time their was a boy who had no friends so he was always alon But then one day  every thing change His mom gave him a violin to play it sounded horabel so he said he said I am never playing this agin so then one Day he went in the store and heard a...