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Every week, I meet parents at our information meetings who feel discouraged with the schools. Families raw from spending hours and hours doing homework every night feel alone and frustrated that the schools aren’t doing more. As a former mainstream and special education teacher, I would like to shed a little light on the subject.…

Jessie, was a cute 7-year-old girl when she came to work with us at the Learning Center. But her behavior wasn’t so cute. In fact, when I think back on her first several sessions, I think of the Charles Schultz character, Pigpen, NOT because she was messy or dirty – far from it – but…

Last week I had the pleasure of testing two very bright and very different dyslexic students. One was 9. We’ll call him Chris. Chris had tremendous confusion with letters. He not only reversed b and d, but most other similar-looking letters, such as h and n; i and l; and t, f, and j. He…

It brought tears to my eyes when the parent of an 8-year-old girl shared what her daughter said to her as they left for school: “Can you find me a doctor who can tell me why I can’t read?” Like so many other dyslexic students, this young girl is bright, creative, and suffering. She is…

Understanding and Correcting Comprehension Challenges My daughter has learned that volunteering to wait for the next flight when hers is overbooked is a good way to add to her travel funds. And since she has an insatiable desire to travel, she makes a habit of asking. When flying home from Japan a few weeks ago,…

Need strategies for helping your child with homework or schoolwork? Check out these Parent Education Classes held at SLC Chino. For more information and steps to register: click, download and print from the link below! Parent Education Classes and Registration

Inattention is often the first and most obvious symptom seen by teachers when children struggle in school. This drives parents to their healthcare providers with the question, “Does my child have ADHD?” The challenge behind this question is that inattention, squirming in the chair, staring into space, slow to get started on tasks, poor listening,…

There are Apps for absolutely everything these days, and sure enough, there are even Apps for Back-to-School! With so many students going back to school today or at least very shortly, I thought I’d share this article by John Patrick Pullen from Time Magazine: 6 Must-Have Back to School Apps http://time.com/3982036/back-best-school-apps/ This article highlights some…

Last month at Stowell Learning Center Chino, 25 students participated in our SLC Science Lab – AKA Big Fun Mess and Parents’ Night Out. Only one of four experiments worked exactly as planned, but the night was a big success. The students had a good time working together to make a liquid kaleidoscope, and homemade…

My mom is a huge fan of the TV reality series Survivor. She (and millions of others) never misses an episode.  If you watch the show, you’ll know that people will go to almost any lengths to survive.  And in fact, our brains are wired for survival at the most basic level and will work…