Unlocking the keys for every child to succeed
The Scenario: It’s a Thursday night. You’ve just finished eating dinner with your family. You go downstairs to the office to do some work on the family computer. The door to your office opens and you see your 16-year-old kid
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Intro Many people deal with mental illnesses. These range from depression, anxiety, to bipolar disorder (etc.). Yet, not everyone knows they live with a mental disorder. Just as there are signs of learning disabilities in adults, there are also signs
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I grew up hearing that learning disabilities go away. “People get kids tested for dyslexia so their kids believe they can’t read,” my dad would say. My mom felt that ADHD is an excuse for bad behavior. My parents and
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A Personal Narrative: After learning that my school struggles as a kid could be traced back to a battle with anxiety, I wanted to share what I had learned with a dear family member. When I opened up about my
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The Happy and Healthy Cliché If you survey parents on what their greatest wish is for their kids, the majority will say, “I just want my kids to be happy and healthy.” This was what my mom said about me
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I grew up in a house hearing many timeless expressions. These included idioms (i.e. “a penny for your thoughts,”) and other overused phrases. My parents, especially my mom, used popular phrases when talking about a number of things, including behavior
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Process Over Product: One of the first jobs I held out of college was working at a Montessori inspired preschool. As teachers, we were required to participate in monthly trainings. These trainings covered topics ranging from safety considerations in the
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Opening The 21st century has seen a lot of progress for people with learning disabilities and psychiatric disorders. We’ve learned more about learning disorders due to ongoing research. And the quality of education has been improved for students who have
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Introduction Anxiety: that feeling of fear when something unfamiliar seems daunting. For some of us, this feeling is periodic, coming up only when we try something new; it disappears after we’ve tried the new event. For others, it’s an ongoing
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Intro The first time I heard about Selective Mutism (SM) was while working at a middle school. One of the 6th grade girls in my class was diagnosed with the condition. I remember being clueless when I first heard the
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