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...
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 you and...
Literacy Screening Most children begin kindergarten excited by the prospect of finally learning how to read. The idea of reading excites them because it opens the door into a world they only had access to when someone else would read to them. They are excited to be...
Cultivating Emotional Stability in Individuals with Learning Disabilities If you want to be successful in life, you must develop emotional stability. Warren Buffet has was quoted as saying: “The key to success is emotional stability.” This statement is true for...
Goal setting plays a crucial role for anyone who wants to succeed in life. Setting a goal helps provide direction to your effort. There are very few people in this world who have achieved great success without first setting a goal. Having goals can be even more...
Albert Einstein was a brilliant man who made many scientific discoveries, and he attributes his success to his perseverance. He once said, “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” As infants, everyone seems to have an incredible work...
