Articles, education news, infographics and a podcast for parents of children with dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and ADHD. Written parent-to-parent, grounded in neuroscience.
Reading practice means making mistakes out loud. A perfectionist child hears each one as proof of failing. Here is why the fear and the reading go…
A new story about who you are feels like progress. For a brain that struggles to start, the story tends to follow the doing. Try this…
School referrals follow the child who disrupts the room. A quiet girl who struggles and turns in her work sets off no alarm. Here is the…
His report cards said the same thing year after year: bright kid, trouble focusing. He came to believe he was lazy. His assessor saw a pattern…
A chew toy is the first fix most homes reach for. Two occupational therapy assistants say start with the whole body instead. Here is their order…
School refusal has a reason under it. Your child might have no words for it yet. Here are four places to look, and the first move…
Stepping back is not the only way to stop doing your child's homework. Good teachers use a few plain moves instead. Borrow three of them tonight.…
The rules for spotting ADHD were written around a child at circle time. Two clinicians explain why adults get missed. A brain-scan diagnosis is a red…
When a child freezes at math, we look for fear before gaps. See what brain scans of math worry show. See why the fear-passing story is…
Those lists of hidden memory superpowers promise a lot. The studies we have point opposite ways. The lists also skip how hard reading is. Here is…
