Helping Struggling Learners Build Social Skills
Social Skills Can Develop With Help Children are natural social butterflies. Exploring the world is exciting, fun, and important for them, and this includes socializing with friends. While many children find it easy to make new friends and navigate social settings,...
Bullying and Your Child with Learning Difficulties
Recognizing and protecting your child from being bullied at school What do Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Spielberg and Justin Timberlake have in common? They’re all hugely successful, of course. They also each had a reading or learning difficulty at school and have talked...
Learning Resilience and the Matthew Effect
Learning Confidence is Everything Investor Warren Buffett was asked about his key to success. His quick answer? Reading. He does this because he loves learning. He’s not the only one transformed by learning. Elon Musk says he discovered how to build rockets by...
Is Homework Taking the Joy Out of Parenting?
Is it time for a change? If you dread homework time, you are not alone. Learning difficulties and homework battles go hand in hand. Stress, arguments, standoffs and general frustration play out in homes every school night all over the globe. For a very good reason....
The Guidance Approach for Children with Learning Difficulties
An Alternative Response to Children's Behavior If you’re struggling to manage a difficult relationship with your child, you’re not alone. For every picture-perfect family with seemingly perfect children, there are ten more where things are a little bumpier. Every...
Tips to Build Test-Taking Confidence In Your Child
Spoiler Alert, There Are No Shortcuts to Confidence Building Anxiety and a lack of test-taking confidence affects many students, but having a learning difficulty compounds that. As long as schools continue to test learners, the phenomenon of test anxiety will be a...
Yes, Your Child has a Right to an IEP
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...
Helping Your Twice-Exceptional Child
The double-edged sword of frustration: 2e, twice-exceptional Twice-exceptional students can hide their difficulties for years, but then can get frustrated and down on themselves easily. That makes recognizing 2e early important and makes interventions valuable. 2e....
Learning is Not Fixed, Progress Is Possible
Never Give Up - 4 Student Stories "You are your child's best advocate. Whether you try Gemm Learning or another intervention, never give up on your child's potential. Progress is possible if you find the right pathway." I recently spoke with the parent of a special...
Why Lying is a Sign of a Developmental Milestone for Struggling Learners
Rethinking ‘my child never lies’ as a good thing Lying ... is a path between two conflicting norms - honesty and kindness. There’s a lot to juggle; in fact, it takes more cognitive and emotional effort than telling the truth. It’s a rite of passage every parent goes...