Is a Psycho-educational assessment really necessary?

I’m often asked this question and my answer 99% of the time is, yes!  If your child is struggling to read and you’re perplexed because you know they’re “smart” and articulate, an assessment may provide crucial information needed to make...

Why Some of Us Can’t Spell

Why is it that some of us just…can’t…spell??? This post is for all who are poor spellers as well as for those who parent and/or teach poor spellers.  My hope is that it brings some clarity to the spelling dilemma/mystery. Last week I read an...

Why Visual-Spatial (Right-Brained) Kids Struggle to Spell

I have no trouble with spelling personally, in fact I LOVE words and am fascinated by the way words are put together. However, although I work with the most amazing, brilliant and creative kids… kids with more visual/artistic talent in their little finger than I...

Pressure to Perform?

Each year, as we glide out of winter and begin to move into spring the pressure seems to mount in terms of student expectations for progress in school.  This is especially true for kids who are performing below grade level in any or all subject areas.  If you’ve...

Broken Hearts… No More

One of the MOST common and consistent issues I encounter as I work with kids who struggle academically, and sometimes physically and socially, is their own, self-created, sense of “failure”.  Once they realize how much I not only understand their plight,...

Is Your Child A Right-Brained Learner?

If your child is struggling in school there may be a very valid reason…     A solid 90% of the students I work with are right-brained learners (dyslexics, ADD/ADHD, visual-spatial, etc) and they are BRILLIANT!  But all of these kids are struggling in school....