Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights
If you were offered seven steps to help your child succeed with ADD, would you take them? Of course you would! I heard that Kenny Handelman, M.D. had written a book offering these steps to turn your child’s differences into strengths. I had also read the buzz surrounding this new book. So I was thrilled [...]
This post was previously titled “S-O-S Best of the Best, Edition 5: $1,100 Giveaway Bonanza!” The giveaway has ended, but there are still many wonderful book (and product) reviews below. Please take a look! ~Danette In honor of Autism Awareness Month and in honor of ALL invisible special needs, such as ADHD, SPD, and mental [...]
This post is part of the series titled “When One Door Closes, Another Door Opens,” where people reveal how their paths have changed since a child with special needs has entered their lives. ~ Danette We all have closed doors. I grew up being told by supportive grandparents that I’d be something special someday. They [...]
[fbshare]Teachers have a lot to contend with while teaching a classroom full of lively kids. But what does a teacher do with the child that stands up and looks out the window? What about the child that doesn’t follow the classroom rules or constantly interrupts? How does a teacher handle the child who hums and [...]
[fbshare]In the middle of Iowa is a university town of about 50,000 people called Ames. In 2010, CNNMoney.com ranked Ames #9 on their “Best Places to Live” list. The 2000 census showed 8,970 families living in the city. In honor of Adoption Awareness Month, I am excited to bring you into the household of one [...]
“Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.” This is how David Laing Dawson, M.D., opens up his new book, . Is this a quote from a parent, a teacher, a child expert? No, it is Socrates and demonstrates that parents have had troubles with their teens for [...]
[fbshare] Image via Wikipedia See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. The visual of this simple proverb makes me think of Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). The “evil” in this case is bright or flickering lights, noise that is too loud, or perhaps food that is too spicy or has an unappealing texture. When [...]
Dr. Seuss may have written , but Orton-Gillingham wants us to not only hear, but also see and touch the who! In a previous post I wrote about the multisensory teaching approach and why I am such a fan. Multisensory teaching uses more than one of the child’s senses to teach the material. In traditional [...]
There is an abundance of information on the web, but it can take an exorbitant amount of time to filter through everything. Today I decided to highlight a few interesting resources that you may not have located yet. The websites are on a number of different topics, so there may be a little bit of [...]
Donald Clark wrote a post titled 10 Techniques to Massively Increase Retention. I found it very useful and it outlined many techniques that I have attempted futilely to get my high school son to adopt. I plan to print out the article and pass it on to him when school gets a bit closer. But [...]
