by Barbara Postma | Aug 20, 2015 | Blog
When a child receives a diagnosis of a learning disability or an attention disorder, there are myriad emotions that the parent experiences: “Is this my fault? Should I have caught this earlier? What hope can I have for my child’s academic and vocational future?” If...
by Verina Goobie | Jul 23, 2015 | Blog
The summertime is a great opportunity to keep your children’s brains engaged – especially for those of us who have children with learning differences. After all the long hard work they (and we) have put in to their learning, we don’t want them to lose the...
by Jane Hoogendam | Jul 22, 2015 | Blog
How many times haven’t you (the teacher) had the best lesson plan ever for getting students to write, and then it bombs? I have taught writing several years to junior high, with fantastic plans, but there are still three students who are writing nothing, sitting there...
by Barbara Postma | Jul 16, 2015 | Blog
When you discover that your child has difficulties reading and writing, as a parent, you want to do whatever it takes to help them to overcome those difficulties. Unfortunately, with the busyness of life and school schedules, and the other expenses that creep in, it...
by Verina Goobie | Jul 2, 2015 | Blog
The much anticipated summer is finally upon us and the school year is winding down. So now what?? How do we keep our kids who have challenges engaged and make memories that will be meaningful? We don’t want to just waste this precious time. And of course, we want to...
