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February 22, 2021February 26, 2021

Working with special needs children

If you wanted to regularly be working with special needs children, you could be a pediatrician, therapist, or even a specialized lawyer. But in our societies, it’s teachers who spend the most time helping these special kiddos. In schools, special education teachers are often the most patient, warm, creative, and predictable people in the building.…

Types of learning disabilities & what a diagnosis means for your child.

February 8, 2021February 10, 2021

Understanding the 3 Different Types of Learning Disabilities

There are many different types of learning disabilities out there. There are also a lot of other disorders that aren’t learning disorders but do make learning difficult. How can you tell the difference? A learning disorder is when someone has a hard time learning over a longer-than-normal period of time. To be a true learning…

Help my child focus naturally: 5 tried and true ways to help your child at home.

January 18, 2021February 10, 2021

Help My Child Focus Naturally: 5 Tried and True Strategies for Home

“Are there any ways you know of that I can help my child focus naturally?” This came up in conversations with parents all the time when I was a teacher. Sometimes, it was the first question after a diagnosis of ADHD from parents hoping to avoid a medical treatment route. Other parents had tried some…

December 21, 2020February 10, 2021

25+ Learning Accommodations for ADHD

Many parents, at some point, realize their child might need learning accommodations for ADHD symptoms in order to learn effectively. Whether they’re homeschooling, distance learning, or going to brick-and-mortar schools, ADHD symptoms can be tricky and require some alternative methods. Of course, no child is alike, even those that share an ADHD diagnosis! As I…

October 24, 2020February 10, 2021

The Executive Functioning Checklist: Where does your child fall?

Filling out an executive functioning checklist was a common task for me as a teacher. Every year, I’d have at least a handful of children being evaluated for ADHD, Autism, a learning disability, anxiety/depression, or other conditions that might manifest themselves at least partially with executive dysfunction. But while I was trained and familiar with…