P2 Back-to-School Homework Meltdowns and How to Overcome Them

Last week I gave you some ideas for those families in crisis mode with dealing with homework meltdowns.  The number one takeaway from last week to manage crisis situations is to get your child's emotions back down and under control.  Your child most likely will not be able to tell why they cannot do their [...]

Back-to-School Homework Meltdowns and How to Overcome Them

Well, it is almost back-to-school for our children.  Some schools will be opening doors in August across our country.  Others will start after Labor Day.  The one thing they all have in common is homework.  For those students who do get homework, this can be the most stressful time of the day.  For families dealing [...]

Setting People Straight About Dyslexia

  I found this article online and wanted to share it with you.  It is from The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity.  Enjoy! SETTING PEOPLE STRAIGHT ABOUT Dyslexia               Kacie after MRI.  Photo by S. Shaywitz         Source: Overcoming Dyslexia by S. Shaywitz         Finance guy [...]

What’s involved in Testing for Dyslexia?

Dyslexia is thought to be a learning disability, but what you need to know is that’s not true. There is a revised definition that came from the International Dyslexia Association and they define Dyslexia as a neurologically-based disorder that interferes with the acquisition and processing of language.   Many people think there is a simple [...]

Do you know what Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome is and who it affects?

  Have you ever seen a person that has rapid eye movement? It looks like their eyes are jumping all over the place like they are dancing. This person may have Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome.   Opsoclonus is defined as an unusual disorder of eye movement.  This is where the eyes involuntarily dart around and Myoclonus is defined [...]

Brain Games: Pattern Memory

This is a classic word scramble game. In this game you will be given a set of scrambled letters, and you are required to rearrange them into a meaningful word. If you are stuck, you can click the hints button to get the meaning of the word.  Find more games – added weekly to this [...]

Your Thoughts Become Your Reality

My daughter Shannon suffered from a Traumatic Brain Injury at the age of 11 months.  Her injury is considered acquired from her rare autoimmune disorder known as Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome (OMS).  She ended up having a Traumatic Brain Injury from ataxia caused by the acquired brain injury.    She also had Neuroblastoma, Stage 1, in [...]

Is your Child Struggling with a Learning Disability?

Even the brightest students and the ones that score very high on an IQ test may have problems reading. Some may thing they’re stupid because they can’t read, but if you look at the tests and their grades in other classes, you’re sure to see this is far from the case. If you think your [...]

Colleen Bain, M.A. Awarded Industry Expert for 2010 by Who’s Who of Cambridge

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Stop Committing Children to Virtual Wheelchairs – by Roger Stark

For the first time since 2003, 4th graders failed to make any progress in reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).  Why improvement before and none since?  The push with NCLB (No Child Left Behind) raised the concept of accountability, measuring and providing consequences for not meeting Adequate Yearly Progress.  What this suggests [...]

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