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My New Book “A Light Within My Dyslexia” Available Now
Available now on Amazon. amzn.to/3g1i2xN When I helped start a school for dyslexic learners years back, it never occurred to me that one of our first students would become my illustrator years later. His talent was quietly evident even then (for … Continue reading
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“A Teacher and a Student.” The Story Behind the Story of My new book “A Light Within My Dyslexia”
It’s been one of the great privileges of my life to help teach and inspire kids who learn differently. When Jeff Allyn and I started the Thomas Allyn School (now The Chartwell School) for kids with dyslexia, Sean was one … Continue reading
The Myths of “Fixing” Children and Teens with Learning and Attention Struggles
Teenagers with school struggles due to Learning and Attention problems make up the largest single demographic in treatment programs for addictions, depression and anxiety. The evidence is overwhelming. Kids with attention and learning disabilities are much more likely to experience … Continue reading
What’s the Most Effective Treatment for Childhood Anxiety?
Up until recently the most studied and effective treatments for childhood anxiety have been medication and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Both of those treatments, however effective have serious shortcomings. Long-term fixes from medication especially for young children, are hampered in part … Continue reading
Autism and Trauma Meet Comedy
We understand perhaps now more than ever, that humans are wired for connection. Whether we identify as introverted or extraverted we need each other. Feeling the protection of others, our family, our tribe, and our community holds important survival benefits. … Continue reading
The Glance of Mercy
My friend Dr.Brad Reedy describes good therapy or a good therapist as a place where you get to find yourself, and as part of that process, as the messy parts of you come into view, you find that your therapist … Continue reading
Helping Children Cope With Stresses and Worries
Mostly what children need to start working through difficulties is to have a parent or a trusted someone really listen. Even when a child works with a clinically sophisticated therapist, no matter what technique or approach is used, the most … Continue reading
Strong Backs Bending
Women like this one, a local Chola Cuencana, have strong backs, bending and bent. Years of collecting what they can, and what they need. There is no “gift” of poverty. But living in a developing country like Ecuador, even in … Continue reading
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15 Seconds of Life: Cow Therapy
Cuenca is a modern city high up in the mountains… …of Ecuador. And one of the parts of this city we love is the mixing of modern urban and and rural countryside culture. Here on my walk to the very … Continue reading
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Can We Have Joy and Moments of Happiness During a Pandemic?
I’ve been thinking about this question because I’ve had them, joy and moments of happiness. Even as I’ve watched personal and collective fear take hold because of the virus, I still experience small and longer periods of time when things … Continue reading
When Giving “Positive Messages” to Children Can Harm
On an online support page for parents with children with dyslexia, one mom wrote in and shared a touching letter that her daughter had “written to God.” In it the girl wrote of her shame of being different, “not normal.” … Continue reading
15 Seconds of Life: Cuenca Shoeshine
Cuenca Shoeshine I’ve heard it said that life is made up of individual moments and those that connect in waves. I’ve started using my old iPhone 6s and with clunky hand-held-ness to capture scenes here and there. Not sure if … Continue reading
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