Dear Families, It seems like summer just started…and yet..The school year is just days away…“Ready or Not! Can you believe it is just around the corner? As summer winds down, and you [...]

Dear Families, It is hard to believe that we are in July already. I hope that you are enjoying the summer and have given yourselves some “R&R time”. On that note, I thought we [...]

Dear Families, Is it a struggle to get your child to read at home? Most students are expected to do daily reading and record it in a reading log.  The reading is usually considered “free [...]

This Month we are focusing on Strategies for Efficient Studying and Writing Accommodations With Writing Remediation— Why Our Students Need Both… Dear Families, At one time or another, every [...]

Dear Families, As standardized testing time approaches, anxiety builds for many teachers, students, and families. There is a great deal of pressure being put on teachers and students to raise [...]

Underlying processing skills may be at the root of the problem. This is because the underlying skills are the foundation for academic learning. Many times, well-meaning teachers and school [...]

Here are a few definitions of the major skills we teach to support academic learning. Individualized Reading Programs: to Support: Reading Accuracy, Reading Rate, Comprehension, and Spelling. [...]

When I first started looking at all the sugar in the food we were eating, I was shocked. I didn’t know there was sugar in milk.  I also noticed that the kids that seem to really like diets filled [...]

If you had the best conference ever, CONGRATULATIONS! If you just had one that was difficult, please know this:    YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Teachers do their best to help struggling student, but most [...]

7 Things Every Parent and Educator Should Know About Learning Challenges Jill Stowell, M.S. 1. Attention problems are often a symptom, not the real issue… In her book, Why Our Children [...]