Posted in Computers and Software, Education Issues and Ideas, LD Support Professionals, Technology Issues and Ideas on Oct 23rd, 2011 11 Comments »
I’ve recently begun working with a 10 year old boy who has dyslexia. That’s not unusual for me. It’s an important part of what I do in my educational consulting practice, and I’ve been doing it for years. What’s new is that the young boy and his family live about four and a half hours [...]
Posted in Discussion Topics, Education Issues and Ideas, News on Oct 20th, 2011 1 Comment »
“The American Academy of Pediatrics this week issued new guidelines urging doctors to begin looking for signs of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder – ADHD – in children as young as four years old. Before, the guidelines had set the minimum age at 6 years old.” These new guidelines, discussed here on NPR’s On Point Radio [...]
Posted in Discussion Topics, Education Issues and Ideas, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health on Oct 11th, 2011 No Comments »
Pretty amazing to see just how wrong an attempt at incentivizing success in student performance can go. From Good.is A couple of Orange County California schools came up with a poorly thought out concept to reward students who performed better on high stakes tests. “High-performing students received black cards, the ones in the middle got [...]
Posted in Discussion Topics, Education Issues and Ideas, News, Social Issues and Ideas, Technology Issues and Ideas on Oct 6th, 2011 3 Comments »
There’s plenty of posts and testimonials about Steve Jobs, as there should be. I wanted to say here how much he truly did for the worldwide community of people with various disabilities and learning differences. Apple’s ease of use and its features that help all of us, but particularly help people with disabilities was never [...]
Posted in Discussion Topics, Education Issues and Ideas, News, Reading, Writing, and Math, Social Issues and Ideas on Oct 3rd, 2011 14 Comments »
I get angry when I read headlines that either intentionally mislead and inflame people about anything, and in this case dyslexia, or do so out of some form of laziness. There’s been a recent study released that should lead to more kids getting more resources and services and hope. Unfortunately there are some headlines that [...]
Posted in Discussion Topics, Education Issues and Ideas on Sep 28th, 2011 No Comments »
Photo by Alessandra Sanguinetti / Magnum It appears that the risk for having a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) when you already have a child with ASD is quite a bit higher than previously thought. In this article from Journal Watch, a physician edited site, a large size study (664 infants) is discussed. Apparently [...]
Posted in Discussion Topics, Education Issues and Ideas, News on Sep 28th, 2011 4 Comments »
From Good.is This is a tantalizingly exciting teaser article and video (TED.com) about a radical reshaping of what we used to consider vocational schools, in England. It’s spreading there quite rapidly and I for one, can’t wait to hear and see more. The founding group has attempted to wrestle with and address two fundamental problems [...]
Posted in Camps and Residential, Education Issues and Ideas, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health on Sep 20th, 2011 No Comments »
Second Nature Wilderness Program (SNWP), with locations in central Oregon, northern and southern Utah, and Georgia, is one of the best Wilderness Therapy programs for struggling teens in the world. I’ve personally visited in an in-depth way all of their locations except Georgia (Footsteps program). Even though Second Nature is not specifically designed for kids [...]
Posted in Colleges, Education Issues and Ideas on Sep 19th, 2011 No Comments »
From Good.is “How to Break the Cycle of Remedial College Classes” Interesting slant on the over-reliance and perhaps, misuse of remedial classes at the community college level. “The proof initially emerged with many students transferring from San Diego’s West Hills High School to their local community college. Like many of their fellow freshmen nationally, a [...]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas, LD Support Professionals, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health, Shapiro Looks at K-12 Schools, Social Issues and Ideas on Aug 30th, 2011 No Comments »
Yesterday I spoke with LA Talk Radio host Lon Woodbury on his show, “Parent Choices For Struggling Teens.” The show was called “Learning Disabilities or Therapy: You Shouldn’t Have to Choose”. Speaking to the integration of best practices between Learning Disabilities and Therapeutic Intervention, I’m advocating for all the kids in treatment centers, therapeutic boarding [...]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health, Personal Stories on Aug 28th, 2011 6 Comments »
Believe me, this article, “Dyslexia Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me” is not some fluffy, syrupy homage to “the gifts of dyslexia.” The author, an entrepreneur and business consultant, who also wrote a book about communicating in the workplace called, “Surviving Dreaded Conversations,” makes the case that schools must change their approach [...]
Posted in Computers and Software, Education Issues and Ideas, LD Support Sites, Technology Issues and Ideas on Aug 9th, 2011 No Comments »
New Link for Disability support: High Speed Disability Access Guide for various disabilities.