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Strengths Assessment

It can help to know what your child’s strengths and weaknesses are. Here’s a great assessment tool for this. Another excellent one is the SLS, which I can administer if you like.

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Help for Kids with Language Learning Disorders

If you have a baby in the house, here are some ways to help language develop. If your child is school-aged and in a hybrid or virtual learning environment, these are some good ideas that can help. Here is some … Continue reading

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Good News about Dyslexia

For as difficult as it to teach a dyslexic child to read, there are some really special traits about these great kids. Read about them here and here. Above all, don’t ever say anything to your child that he or … Continue reading

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“I’m teaching my child to learn to read and it isn’t going well.”

When to consider that something might not be right. Instead of me writing a whole bunch of stuff, I’m going to send you to Susan Barton’s website. She has TONS of info and it’s even got a “start here” button! … Continue reading

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If you suspect dyslexia in your child …

Very often a web search will recommend starting with your child’s teacher. That works well when your kids go to school, but what about when you ARE the teacher? In my experience, homeschoolers tend to fall into two camps on … Continue reading

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Go RED for Dyslexia Awareness Month

Here’s a link to the IDA’s page that lands where their fundraising efforts are housed. I do this not because I want you to give, although you might elect to do so, but because the idea that we need to … Continue reading

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Emily Gibbons Always Provides Great INFO!!!

If you are the parent of a student with dyslexia, you need to learn about Emily Gibbons, who is such a wonderful advocate for dyslexic learners. In addition to creating a veritable library full of excellent resources for tutors and … Continue reading

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Dyslexia Awareness Month Calendar of Goodies from NC-IDA

These folks had such a wonderful calendar of great web links last year that I hoped they would do another one for this year — and I wasn’t disappointed! Enjoy!

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In case you are still on the fence about your children’s education for the 2020-2021 term …

I have tons of resources inside all of the pages right here that can help you. In addition, as you can see from last week’s blog post below, I also have a FB page where I’ve put lots of neat … Continue reading

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Find more content on my FB page!

This summer, I’ve been getting the hang of posting timely articles on my business Facebook page. I’ve discussed all sorts of things there. What’s more is that I made it a goal to post each day–not only that, I did … Continue reading

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