The Language of Learning Issues Explained
Unscrambling the Jargon of Learning Clinicians and Neurologists Gagné identified five conditions of learning: verbal information, intellectual skills, cognitive strategies, attitudes, and motor skills. All of these aspects of learning need to function properly for a...
Is Your Child’s Lack of Social Confidence Due to a Learning Delay?
Understanding Your Child's Social Confidence All parents want their children to be confident as learners and in navigating life - socially, sports and attitude to risk. What they might not recognize, is that these different areas of life are often related. In...
Writing Problems – How To Help Your Child
Do's and Don'ts for Struggling Young Writers Every parent knows that sometimes getting their child to complete work can be challenging. Whether you are teaching your children at home or in school, some kids just refuse to write. They might have various reasons for...
The Surprising Value of Learning Interventions
Treat Causes or Instruct? Is your child feeling overwhelmed by the amount of school-related work that they have to deal with, day in and day out? Do they seem to live a crazy busy life, packed with school commitments, sports practice, and extracurricular activities?...
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...