Helping dyslexic students read can help to shift their confidence and lives enormously. Angus was 15 years old when he came to me – and his reading level was that of an 8-year old. This was not for a lack of trying on mum’s part. Being a teacher,...
The Trend to Home Schooling Homeschooling is on the rise, not just in the USA, as this article illustrates, but here in Australia too. There were 26,013 homeschooling children registered in Australia in 2020, but many children are not registered -...
Homeschooling Is Never An Easy Decision I don’t believe anyone makes the choice to homeschool lightly. There are so many hoops to jump through, red tape and especially that nagging feeling for parents if they are doing the right thing by their...
It's Easy To Just Focus on Limits With Dyslexia When I found out that my son was dyslexic - he was in Year 2 - I truly believed that he will be limited in his choices, the professions, degrees, jobs and opportunities! Deep down – when I am really...
In this article, a frustrated Occupational Therapist (OT) gives her opinion on the generation of spoiled children, who are not to blame. Interesting strategies and answers, but of course her advice does not apply to all families and children. I...
In case you are not up to the latest and hottest toy of this year - or were like me, very late to realize - you may have asked yourself the same question: What are Fidget Spinners? According to Wikipedia, a fidget spinner is a type of...
I cannot tell you how familiar this story sounded, when I read it on another Davis facilitator's site. I have literally heard these lines, word-for-word from mothers of my dyslexic students - and also as the mother of a dyslexic child, who had been...
Ten reasons - and I'm sure there are more - why technology on the developing brain causes mental, developmental, behavioral and physical side effects, like obesity in children. The addiction of parents to these devices shouldn't be disregarded...
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