Events | Webinars

Webinars, Teleseminars and Radio Shows   Replay of My FREE Mental MasterMind Webinar Reading and the Brain: Language Tune Up Kit at Home – 5/12/2010.  Register Now for Access http://tinyurl.com/24nppna Replay of Mental MasterMind Memory 101 Webinar – 5/3/2010.  If your child has a hard time remembering directions or bringing homework home or remembers only [...]

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 [...]

Brain Awareness Week 3/15 – 3/21 2010

Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research. Every March BAW unites the efforts of universities, hospitals, patient groups, government agencies, schools, service organizations, and professional associations worldwide in a week-long celebration of the brain.  Founded and coordinated by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives [...]

What Research Says About Brain Training

The following is an article taken from Sharpbrains.com.  Posted By Alvaro Fernandez On July 23, 2008 In an emerging, dynamic, high growth market, like brain training, it is difficult to make precise projections. But, we can observe a number of trends that executives, consumers, public policy makers, and the media should watch closely in the [...]

SAT Vocabulary – Perusal

Perusal Source:  http://www.brainyflix.com Related Posts:What Research Says About Brain Training5 Ways to Correct a Learning Difference in Your ChildSAT Vocabulary – LAUDBrainWare Safari Research Colleen Bain, M.A. Awarded Industry Expert for 2010 by Who’s Who of Cambridge

Special Education Terminology

Special Education Terminology by Colleen Bain, M.A. 1.      PL 94-142: PL94-142 is a law that was passed in 1975 requiring that public schools provide a "free appropriate public education" to school-aged children ages 3-21 (exact ages depend on your state's mandate), regardless of disabling condition; also called the Education For All Handicapped Children Act, with [...]

Activity – Environmental Print Bingo

When you’re driving in the car do you hear calls from the back seat, “There’s Target, McDonald's, Home Depot, Toys R Us?” Does your child read the name on the box of her favorite cereal or yogurt? This is what teachers call environmental print. Being able to read the words kids see in their everyday [...]

NCLD Legislative Update: 2009 Year in Review

The National Center for Learning Disabilities' (NCLD) Public Policy Office has had an extraordinarily busy year in 2009. They have worked on several pieces of legislation introduced by the U.S. Congress, commented on federal regulations and participated in a variety of vital federal policy activities. All of their work focuses on improving opportunities for children, [...]

Girl’s wish: N.J. study of reading disorders

By Rita Giordano Inquirer Staff Writer The stuff on Samantha Ravelli's holiday wish list was pretty much standard fare for a 12-year-old. A digital camera, a watch, a laptop. Her number-one wish, however, was in a class of its own. She wants Gov. Corzine to sign her bill. "I want to help other children," she [...]

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