Twice-Exceptional Students: When Your Child Is Both Gifted and Struggling
The student who aces verbal reasoning tests but cannot write a coherent paragraph. The child who talks like a professor but cannot decode simple words.…
The student who aces verbal reasoning tests but cannot write a coherent paragraph. The child who talks like a professor but cannot decode simple words.…
When a child with ADHD also struggles with emotional regulation, anxiety, or behavioral challenges, a critical question arises at the eligibility meeting: which IDEA category…
Handwriting is poor. Written work is minimal and laborious. The child knows the answer but can’t get it out of their head and onto the…
Every child with autism is different. Their IEP should reflect that. Yet autism IEPs are frequently generic — built around a standard package of services…
Dyslexia is the most common learning disability — affecting an estimated 15-20% of the population — and yet it remains one of the most poorly…
ADHD is frequently misunderstood in educational settings. Schools often focus on the most visible symptom — difficulty staying in the seat, calling out, moving around…
Before you become a special needs parent, you accumulate a picture of what it will be like from the outside. Some of it comes from…
April is Autism Awareness Month. Or Autism Acceptance Month, depending on who you ask — and who you ask matters, because the two words encode…
The term “speech therapy” is misleading in its narrowness. Most people picture a therapist working on a child’s pronunciation — helping them produce the /r/…
If your child has recently received an autism diagnosis, ABA — Applied Behaviour Analysis — is almost certainly one of the first terms you’ll encounter.…