Learning With a Divergent Mind
October 26, 2021
Everyone needs encouragement from time to time, no exceptions. Students who struggle with dyslexia, or any other learning challenge, need a lot more encouragement than a child without a learning challenge. Why is this? I see two main reasons: 1) Read more…
October 26, 2021
The real world of dyslexia is to continually be adapting and adjusting to new skills, new challenges, different teachers and learning environments, finding new ways to leverage your strengths, and new ways to overcome or accommodate your difficulties. There is Read more…
March 29, 2021
I’m offering a series of online classes for parents and teachers in April on Zoom. Does your child struggle to sound out words?Do they find reading tiring? Boring? Frustrating? Slow?Do they have difficulty recognizing a word from one page to Read more…
October 26, 2021
We all have days when things go really smoothly for no apparent reason, and other days when nothing seems to work, again for no apparent reason. Dyslexia is no different. Some days are golden . . . words come easily, Read more…
October 26, 2021
Getting help is the step we all want to immediately jump into when we find that our child is struggling. We want to fix it. Do something. We are all instinctive problem solvers, particularly when it comes to our kids Read more…
October 26, 2021
Before you start deciding on tutors, educational therapy, software programs, etc. to support your struggling reader, you need to think about what your goals are for them, and what their goals are for themselves. The younger the child the more Read more…
October 26, 2021
Why do you read? Why don’t you read? Both of these questions get to the heart of reading and teaching reading. I read because I love learning new ideas, escaping to other places, times or worlds. I am unusual because Read more…
October 26, 2021
If your child is struggling with school, I can guarantee that both you and your child are feeling a lot of pressure from many sources; yourself, your child, parents or even grandparents, peers, teachers, etc.. The pressure is often well-meant, Read more…
October 26, 2021
The very best support you can give a person with dyslexia is knowledge and understanding of what dyslexia is and is not. In order to help your child successfully learn, you will first need to understand dyslexia and how it Read more…
October 26, 2021
A feeling of uncertainty and being overwhelmed is a common response to realizing your child is struggling with reading and/or is dyslexic. It is a lot to take in. In my personal experience, even with knowing for years that dyslexia Read more…