by Dr. Garforth | Jun 18, 2019 | Fine Motor Skills
Fine Motor Skills for Tweens & Teens It is a fact of life that children grow up into tweens and teens whether we like it or not. As they get older, it gets harder to get them to work on developing their Fine Motor Skills. Many of the activities that are...
by Dr. Garforth | May 29, 2019 | Learning Disabilities, Parents
Are Children with Learning Challenges at Greater Risk in French immersion? ** A guest post by Dr. Nancy Wise** What is French immersion? The French immersion (FI) program was developed more than 50 years ago in response to parental demands for an educational program...
by Dr. Garforth | May 21, 2019 | Learning Disabilities
Yesterday I received a message from a teacher in Northern British Columbia that brought me to tears. She wrote to me asking for help with one of her students, who is significantly behind her peers in reading. This family has a history of dyslexia, so that means there...
by Dr. Garforth | May 17, 2019 | Executive Functioning
What are Executive Functions? Executive functions are cognitive (brain-based) processes an individual uses to concentrate, pay attention and get things done. They are sometimes referred to as executive control, cognitive control, or executive skills. Executive...
by Dr. Garforth | May 3, 2019 | Learning Disabilities, Parents
According to the DSM-5*, the term Specific Learning Disorder (aka SLD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a biological origin that affects an individual’s academic skills, not their developmental milestones. Let me break down some of those terms for...
