Posted in Learning Disabilities and Mental Health, Social Issues and Ideas on Jun 9th, 2019 No Comments »
The Effects of Educational Wounding Two of the most significant stressors for U.S.school-aged youth are academic struggle and failure. Pressures to achieve and succeed have become so pervasive and at the same time kids have access to fewer and fewer supports. For […]
Posted in Discussion Topics, Education Issues and Ideas, LD Support Professionals, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health on May 20th, 2019 No Comments »
Thanks for a great interview Danny Conroy, a leader in the Recovery field. Podcast with Sanford on LD and Mental Health
Posted in Discussion Topics, Education Issues and Ideas, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health on May 14th, 2019 No Comments »
Philip Schultz, a Pulitzer Prize winning poet proves that learning differently (dyslexia) can result in greatness. His writing is powerful. If you listen to his story you also hear about anger and deep shame as a result of being an academic outcast and misunderstood. Loss of connection and shame […]
Posted in Events and Conferences, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health on Apr 25th, 2019 No Comments »
I’ll be presenting to professionals, parents and teens in the beautiful city of Cuenca, Ecuador Raising Resilient Kids by Becoming Your Best Selves
Posted in Learning Disabilities and Mental Health, News, Personal Stories on Apr 5th, 2019 No Comments »
Kate Middleton’s Brother James Reveals His Struggle With Depression, Dyslexia and ADD The coin is sharp and two-sided: We know that people with learning disabilities and developmental differences can have tremendous lives, professional success, great fulfillment and joy. There is however, always a shadow, and ignorance of the increased risks our/these children, teens and […]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health, Social Issues and Ideas on Mar 22nd, 2019 No Comments »
There are support groups, blogs, and websites that land on one side of a false choice about kids and school. Parents and some professionals tend to land on one side or the other. Are Dyslexia and related learning differences and even Autism Spectrum a gift in some way? Or are they burdens filled with deficits […]
Posted in Discussion Topics, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health, News on Mar 19th, 2019 No Comments »
photo credit: TOMSICKOVA TATYANA / SHUTTERSTOCK Children with Learning Disabilities are at higher risk for anxiety-related struggles. It’s not surprising when you think about how the brain’s system for vigilance/hyper-arousal is frequently activated when kids are not receiving the right kind of help in schools. Given that they are more likely to be on high alert […]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health, Personal Stories, Reading, Writing, and Math on Feb 25th, 2019 No Comments »
Michael Cammarata discusses ignoring negative messages of failure and instead despite his dyslexia-related school struggles, became a highly successful serial entrepreneur. Support the dreams of your child with Learning Differences My family motivated me to do things differently: they encouraged me to reject the traditional way of learning and to be innovative. My Mom never […]
Posted in Discussion Topics, Education Issues and Ideas, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health on Jun 7th, 2018 No Comments »
For me, one of the best parts of doing an evaluation for learning and learning disabilities has been going over the results, including the test score numbers with the student and his/her family. I’ve learned how to discuss the data and what it all means, in clear language so it makes sense to the student […]
Posted in Discussion Topics, Education Issues and Ideas, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health on Jun 5th, 2018 No Comments »
The myth that having dyslexia automatically means you’re either a) artistic, b) have visual-spatial talents, c) have other gifts that are part of and caused by your dyslexia, can minimize or distract us from struggling with the proven risks of shame and school-based trauma. Results of these can be devastating. Some people with dyslexia are […]
Posted in Discussion Topics, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health on Mar 3rd, 2018 No Comments »
I’ve been tracking and have been a part of the changing attitudes about learning disabilities for decades. Historically there’s been two major paradigms, two lenses through which people think of LD and in particular kids and struggling teens. On the one hand there’s been a growing perception that in spite of all the school […]
Posted in Discussion Topics, Education Issues and Ideas, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health, Social Issues and Ideas on Feb 13th, 2018 No Comments »
1. Be Real This is the essence of connection. Inspiring kids and helping instill confidence isn’t about “being positive.” It’s not about trying to be inspirational. Being real and authentic is what gets you where you want to go with your kids. In any close and effective relationship, we must be brave in this […]