You know your child has more potential, So why is school such a struggle?

August 3, 2009 by admin  
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The teachers say he’s just not trying, he’s daydreaming, or just not doing his work. He spends hours each night on homework, and still brings home Cs, Ds, and Fs.

Is it a learning disability? Could it be?
Wikipedia says: “In the United States and Canada, the terms learning disability, learning disabilities, and learning disorders (LD) refer [...]

Language/Auditory processing.

April 24, 2009 by admin  
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“Processing” is a term we refer to often. Simply put, processing describes what your brain does with information it receives through your senses.
“Think of your brain as a huge file room with rows and rows of filing cabinets. When information is received, whether it be something you saw (visual) or heard (auditory), it is sorted and stored in your “file [...]

Neurological deficits and dyslexia

April 22, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Deficits & Disorders, Dyslexia

Two commonly held beliefs about dyslexia are that children with it are prone to seeing letters or words backward, and that the problem is linked to intelligence. Both beliefs are incorrect. The problem is a linguistic (of language and the processing of language) one, not a visual one. And dyslexia in no way stems from [...]