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5 Must See Back-to-School Resources

colleen — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:32:25 +0000

Getting ready for back-to-school means changing your home routine to a more structured one. Especially if relax a lot during the summer months. We do and I dread getting the kids back on schedule for school. My kids stay up late, as they are basically teenagers, and get up late in the morning. I actually [...]

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How to Make a File Caddy

colleen — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:00:03 +0000

You know the legends of middle school paper, like the Math Test that Molded, the Vocabulary List that Finally Turned up in the Catbox, or the Permission Slip that Accidentally Ran Through the Washer-Dryer. Witness a middle schooler’s room in the throes of these disasters, and you’ll want to duck and cover! Want to bring [...]

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Q&A on Brain Training for Kids

colleen — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:00:36 +0000

What are the major causes of Learning Disabilities? About 85 to 90 percent of learning difficulties are due to poor underlying learning skills. These skills include: Attention/Concentration: the ability to stay on task or ignore distractions. For example, continuing to read a book while another group is in a discussion. Phonetic awareness: the ability [...]

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Will Art Therapy really help with Learning Disabilities?

colleen — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:17:35 +0000

When you have a child that has a learning disability, you’re always looking for ways to help them learn and overcome the problems. When you find something that works, you need to stick with that technique. You may run into a problem where the technique you use stops working and not know what to do. [...]

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

colleen — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:00:15 +0000

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 [...]

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Brain Games: Pattern Memory

colleen — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:00:11 +0000

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 [...]

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Brain Awareness Week 3/15 – 3/21 2010

colleen — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:36:04 +0000

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 [...]

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Learning Skills 101 – Sustained Attention

colleen — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:00:22 +0000

So far, we have been discussing what learning skills are and how they impact a student on a daily basis. If you recall, we stated that learning skills are the underlying mental skills formally known as attention, visual/auditory processing, memory, processing, word attack and auditory analysis. Most of our children experience these skills through reading, [...]

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Learning Skills 101 – What is Working Memory?

colleen — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:00:42 +0000

To Review: So far, we have been discussing what learning skills are and how they impact a student on a daily basis. If you recall, we stated that learning skills are the underlying mental skills formally known as attention, visual/auditory processing, memory, processing, word attack and auditory analysis. Most of our children experience these skills [...]

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Learning Skills 101 – Visual Processing

colleen — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:00:53 +0000

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