Did your child come home from the first week of school with a letter for you to complete around your child’s IEP? I year ago I wrote about this in another blog post, What you Need to Know … Individual Education in this post I take you deeper into what the plans mean. Are you not too sure what it means and what to do with it? Today I share some of the reason you get that letter, what it is important and how tips on how to connect with your students teacher around your goals for this 2019/2020 school year.
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5 Things to think about when creating goals for this school year.
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For kids with learning challenges, or any child at all really, summer is always a time of great growth. It’s a time for new adventures and challenges. Sometimes there are amazing gains which surpass what we might have been expecting. Other times something comes out of nowhere and knocks you over. Whichever way it goes it’s all growth and celebrating the small wins is as important as the big wins.
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So you think your child is falling behind in school? Has your child’s teacher spoken to you about concerns about their learning profile? Keep reading to learn about 4 things to consider when looking for a psychologist.
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But as I write this I can tell you that all the struggles we've had in the last two months have payed off.
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Another school year done... Another year of growing... Another year of learning... Another great year behind us!!! Every year since my oldest child started school I get very nervous about how the school year will go. My boys both have ADHD (attention Deficit Hyper Activity…
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When I was in my late 20's I went to a conference hosted by the Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario. I won a scholarship to attend and heard many doctors and experts talk about Dyslexia. Even back then, they were making strides in understanding and…
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So we find out the results on Thursday of our middle sons psycho-educational assessment. I've spend a good part of the last few days worried and wondering. We know there will be some sort of LD (learning disability, but I'd rather say Learning Difference) but th…
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Once again we are going through the Psychological Education Assessment process. We are trying to understand our middle child’s learning profile. We believe he also had Dyslexia and ADHD. Follow our journey along the way.
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I pick up my phone and see I've missed a call... It's the school... My mind instantly says "now what did he do?"... Check the message only to be give almost zero information. I am left feeling nervous anxious and concerned that after this week already being hard I a…
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