by Geoff Nixon | May 20, 2021 | Parent Tips, Reading
A Year of Lost Ground For Many You are probably aware of summer reading and learning loss – the notorious “summer slide,” where learning momentum is slowed. This applies to the high percentage of children who don’t love reading and who... 
by Geoff Nixon | May 18, 2021 | Parent Tips
How to Create a Productive Remote Learning Environment When the switch to remote learning first happened in 2020, parents had little time to prepare. However, now children learning from home could well become a regular part of the school year – for snow days and... 
by Geoff Nixon | Dec 2, 2020 | General, Parent Tips
How to Help the Learning of Boys at Home Boys need competition, structure and more spacious learning areas.Educating and Raising Boys by Michael Nagel Why is it that boys are far more likely than girls to be expelled from school? And why are they twice as likely to be... 
by Geoff Nixon | Oct 27, 2020 | Parent Tips
How to Create Visibility and Cohesion As the parent of a child with learning difficulties, you probably have more professionals in your life than the average parent. Coordinating and managing these relationships is an overlooked challenge for a parent of child needing... 
by Geoff Nixon | Oct 12, 2020 | Learning Issues, Parent Tips
How to Win an IEP & Make it Work for Your Child Every child in the US is entitled to a free, appropriate public education. It might give you peace of mind that your child with a learning disability has an Individualized Education Program (IEP), but this is not... 
by Geoff Nixon | Jun 27, 2020 | General, Parent Tips
Social & emotional resources to support your child’s return to school Around the globe, schools are creaking back open or at least talking about that happening as we slowly emerge from the coronavirus crisis. The OECD’s Director of Education and Skills, Andreas... 