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30% of ALL students struggle with some aspect of learning. Most of these struggling students have average to above average IQ scores. In other words, they have plenty of ability, but something isn’t working quite right. These students CAN be in regular or honors classes and learn as easily as the rest of the class,…

No Wonder Our Kids Are Struggling Research tells us that 30% of the population across the board has some degree of difficulty with the key auditory skill that supports efficient reading. One in five students are now thought to have dyslexia. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) says that at least 5 percent of American children…

We are getting one of those rare rain showers here in Southern California this morning. It’s pretty amazing to me how instantly the hills and lawns green up with a little bit of rain. Spring showers really do bring flowers! Spring Stressors for Struggling Students Year after year, we have seen that spring also seems…

My husband, David, writes a business tip for private practice owners every week. I thought I’d share part of this week’s tip with you because it’s about change – something we all want for our struggling students, yet something that comes with it’s own set of ups and downs. He writes (and I concur)… Why…

A parent was sharing with me recently about her son’s struggles in school. He dreads going to school and comes home almost daily saying, “I’m not smart enough.” The school has offered this boy a 504 Plan, which will allow him to have accommodations in the classroom, such as fewer spelling words, taking tests in…

I just saw a commercial on T.V. that terrifies me a little bit. It shows a proud young couple with their toddler who is learning to recognize numbers and letters and even learning to read through an app on his iPad. Wow! A toddler learning to read! He’s going to be great in school, right?…

Yesterday was President’s Day and it brings back memories from my childhood of my parents saying, “If you work hard enough, you can do anything. You could even be president of the United States someday!” What a great message for our kids! As parents spend hours and hours and hours wading through tears, avoidance, and…

My mom and I have season tickets to the Rubicon, a wonderful little professional theater in Ventura, CA. Yesterday we saw a play that takes place towards the end of WWII. The main character is a young man, Raleigh, who had enlisted in the army but was discharged before he could serve because he has…

How Retained Reflexes Impact Behavior and Learning There was a big snowstorm on the east coast a couple of weeks ago. It caused over 2000 airline flights to be cancelled. I assume people got to their destinations eventually, but I also imagine that it caused a great deal of anxiety and disruption to people’s lives.…

A friend at church was catching me up on her grown sons. As she talked about the incredible mechanical abilities of one of her sons, who can completely take apart car and motorcycle engines and easily reconstruct them, I thought, “He must be dyslexic.” The Dyslexic Thinking Style Certainly not every person with strong mechanical…