by Diana Rolston | Sep 2, 2024 | Blog
As educators, we know students who always seem to interrupt and disrupt the group. Do they have a response inhibition deficit? Or that student who seems to know they have to start on an assignment but never gets going – is it a weakness in task initiation? What...
by Diana Rolston | Jul 31, 2024 | Blog
“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” – Emilie Buchwald This quote really made me angry. I spent so many hours reading to my son, hoping to spark his love for books in the hope he’d be a good reader. Yet, by age nine, he still...
by NILD Canada | Nov 11, 2020 | Blog
When I took my first Feuerstein Instrumental Enrichment (FIE) course, my instructor challenged me to develop an “elevator speech” that would succinctly explain the Feuerstein program to others. That was good advice, and on many occasions, I have had the opportunity to...
by Jane Hoogendam | May 21, 2020 | Blog
Write Right! How do we promote writing authentically in this age where technology has spiraled and changed education? How do we keep our students writing when there’s an “app” that will do it for them? How do we, as adults, keep “writing right”? Creative writing is...
by NILD Canada | Mar 29, 2020 | Blog
School is out! By now you’ve heard that both public and private school will be closed following March Break for at least two weeks. Schools may, or may not, be providing instructional materials and/or online academic support. But amid the confusion and uncertainty,...
by Verina Goobie | Jun 26, 2018 | Blog
Dyslexia affects 1 in 10 people. Do you or a loved one have dyslexia? Statistics show that 1 in 10 people suffer with dyslexia. Those are very high odds. What is life like when you struggle to read every day? As an NILD Educational Therapist, I already knew that our...
