All People Who Are Interested In "Dysgraphia"

posted 03/17/2010, comments (0)

The People You Meet: Educational Professionals

When you have a child with learning disabilities, chances are you spend a lot of time talking to various school personnel, from your child's teachers to classroom aides and those that attend the IEP meetings. It helps to understand who the different professionals are and what each person's duties are. The following is a list of some of the... Read more

posted 03/02/2010, comment (1)

Dyslexia at age 4??? Please Help...

I have 2 boys(7&9) and 1 girl(4). My oldest child is Dyslexic and has ADD, both diagnosed in 1st grade. He takes ADD medication daily and tutoring(MTA Program) 45 mins everyday at his school. No LD with my middle child. But, I am seeing many of the delays in processing and memory in my 4yr old, many of the same things I saw with my first child... Read more

posted 02/22/2010, comment (1)

The Caregiver's Corner: "Taking a Break"

The best advice I have ever received about parenting my son who has learning disabilities and autism is to take good care of myself so that I can take good care of him.  It is so easy to be neglectful of yourself when you are the caretaker of a child who has special needs.  In an effort to always meet your child's needs there may be... Read more

posted 02/17/2010, comment (1)

Dysgraphia and the work place

I have not been able to spell all my life, and now for the first time I'm able to tell how I feel in words from new technologies by using speech recognition software. For the last 25 years I have been working as a printer and have been able to hide Dysgraphia from my peers and colleagues. I grew up in a time when schools would put us in classes... Read more

posted 11/30/2009, comment (1)

School Study Tips

Ok guys here is one of the most difficult questions to consider when helping a child with learning disabilities study for a test. What study methods do I use.  Tonight we studied for a social studies exam over world explorers.  The saying if you don't use it you lose it is true, because I could not remember any of them except Christopher... Read more