Featuring Dr. Kathryn Garforth
- Mythbusting Diet causes ADHD with Simon da Roza
- ADHD Myths with Silena Lee
- Dyslexia Myth: Dyslexia can be cured or outgrown with Faith Borkowsky
- Dyslexia Myth: Anyone that struggles with reading has dyslexia with Faith Borkowsky
- Dyslexia Myth: Accommodations and Assistive Technology can support individuals with dyslexia once they get to the intermediate grades with Faith Borkowsky
Featuring Aaron Waddingham & Eleanor Stewart
- Down Syndrome Myth: People with Down Syndrome are always happy
- Down Syndrome Myth: People with Down Syndrome don’t live very long
- Down Syndrome Myth: People with Down Syndrome can’t drive.
- Down Syndrome Myth: People with Down Syndrome can’t marry.
- Down Syndrome Myth: People with Down Syndrome can’t have children.
- Down Syndrome Myth: People with Down Syndrome can’t have careers.
- Down Syndrome Myth: People with Down Syndrome are only born to older parents.
- Down Syndrome Myth: Down Syndrome is contagious or curable.
- Down Syndrome Myth: People with Down Syndrome are lazy.
- Down Syndrome Myth: People with Down Syndrome can’t be independent.
- Down Syndrome Myth: People with Down Syndrome can’t go to school like other kids.
- Down Syndrome Myth: People with Down Syndrome can’t learn academics.
- Down Syndrome Myth: Kids with Down Syndrome don’t have problem behavior (or not as much as kids with autism).
- Down Syndrome Myth: People with Down Syndrome don’t get depressed / have anxiety etc.
- Down Syndrome Myth: People with Down Syndrome are asexual.
- Down Syndrome Myth: People with Down Syndrome are stubborn.
- Down Syndrome Myth: People with Down Syndrome are overweight.
Featuring Lynn Givens
- Reading Myth: Learning to read is a natural process.
- Reading Myth: Children will eventually learn to read if given enough time.
- Reading Myth: If we read to children, they will pick up reading by themselves.
- Reading Myth: Some children will just not be able to learn to read.
- Phonological Myth: Not all students need phonics instruction, but learn by the “whole word” method and by using cues.
- Phonological Myth: Phonics instruction is “boring.”
- Phonological Myth: Phonological awareness and phonics instruction and practice are for young students only.
- Fluency Myth: Reading “fast” is reading “well.”
- Fluency Myth: Fluency instruction and practice only work with young students.
- Fluency Myth: Silent reading improves fluency as much as oral reading.
- Comprehension Myth: Comprehension If a student can read, he can comprehend.
- Comprehension Myth: Answering teacher’s questions is an adequate measure of a student’s comprehension.
About the Business
Garforth Education welcomes clients of all ages and with different academic needs including learning disorders, ADHD, Autism Spectrum, and low incidence special needs.
At Garforth Education, we believe that everybody has a unique learning profile with different strengths and challenges. When considering this profile to design a personalized education plan, it is possible to find a pathway to success at any age.
Garforth Education
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Phone
604-359-9414
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Located in Richmond BC
Servicing British Columbia, Canada, & beyond!
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