How to Understand Your Child's Progress Report
It’s that time of year… The first report card has come and it’s only covered in check marks and overall comments. How do you as a parent, make sense of what has been written and what do the check marks mean? Can this report card given you meaningful information about your child’s learning in the first 8 weeks of school? Today’s post will explore the Progress Reports and what you need to focus in on and how to use this information as a tool to understand how your child has progressed since the start of the school year.
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Weighted Blanket... Does It Work?
This week in our house we tried something new. Actually we tried two new things, speaking to a therapist and we tried a weighted blanket for our middle child. Both of our kids suffer from General Anxiety Disorder (GAD), however our middle child (he’s 8) struggles much more than our eldest. Night times are the worst with falling asleep and then staying asleep. I’d read a lot recently, and heard a lot recently, about weighted blankets supporting kids and adults with anxiety to sleep better. This past week we tried it out.
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Orton-Gillingham VS Wilson Reading
Have you been wondering what the difference is between Orton-Gillingham and Wilson Reading Program? Has it been suggested that your child seek the support of one of these programs? Having a child who is struggling to read can be concerning and it can drive parents to look for support. Upon Googling you’ll find all sorts of programs and strategies and the two most popular for Dyslexia are Orton-Gillingham and Wilson Reading Program.
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5 Tips for Supporting Your Child to Advocate
Wondering how to support your child in advocating for themselves? Here are 5 tips on how to start that advocacy teaching.
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Decoding Dyslexia - An Interview with Lark Baker
October is Dyslexia Awareness Month. There is a movement a foot by parents to help support students with learning differences. Dyslexia is often, in the school system, seen as a language learning disability. It is however, much more then that. In this weeks post an interview with Lark Baker, president of the parent lead group Decoding Dyslexia.
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Big Heart Big Dreams
An honest interview with a mom who’s son is Autistic. She opens up about what it’s like and how she hopes people can learn to love differences.
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What You Need to Know About HOMEWORK!!!
HOMEWORK… Is that a 8 letter word in your house? I sure is in my house. Read about how I handle homework in my home.
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About a Boy Who Never Gives Up!
A conversation with a mother who’s son has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. She talks openly about his struggles and how she sees him growing into a wonderful boy.
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7 Things You Can Learn From a Mom With Two Autistic Boys
A friend, mom and co-worker talks about her family and how autism affects there life.
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Are you Advocating for Your Needs?
As parents and guardians we always ensuring we advocate for the needs of our children. Are they getting their accommodation, are people supporting them, and is their need being seen. But here’s my question to you about you…. Are you advocating for what you need? Advocating is tiring, stressful and often emotional. You can only look afternoon else if you are looking after you as well! Today’s post is all about how to support your mental, physical and emotional self (I admit up front I sometimes, OK my husband will say often, am not good at this myself…. But I am trying).
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