Reading, spelling and the dyslexic brain: what the research says and what to do at home this week.
Telling a struggling reader she is smart does not erase her "I can't." She has her own evidence. Learned optimism offers a better move. Shrink the…
A school told one mother her bright daughter’s grades were “too strong” for help. The girl was hiding a reading struggle behind hours of extra work.…
Reading pens and text-to-speech keep your child in the lesson. None of them teaches reading. Know which job each tool does. Then ask one question before…
Trauma-induced dyslexia sounds like a real thing. We looked for the study behind it. We found none. Why a child freezes over homework after a hard…
A no on a 504 plan feels final. It is not. Get the decision in writing and build your file. An IEP is a separate legal…
Lee Eldridge was called lazy all through school. By his own account, he worked as hard as anyone. In 2025, the dyslexia definition dropped an old…
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Persecutor, victim, rescuer. One coach says the nightly reading homework fight runs on those three roles. The loving parent gets cast as the rescuer. Stepping out…
A mother hid her reading struggle for decades. Then she sought help for her own daughter. The service asked what was wrong at home and sent…
One mom thought her daughter needed more notes, more sleep and more effort. Her daughter was already copying pages out again and again. Here is why…
