We live in a little piece of Americana. A place with a population of three hundred people. The kids in our little hamlet are fed into the “big” town of Val...

I had the opportunity to spend the past three weeks back in the saddle – teaching to my heart’s content. It was a fun experience, and even after over thirty...

My son was nineteen before I told him he had dyslexia and significant auditory processing problems. Of course, growing up, he knew something was different, ...

I live in a wildfire district…so much so that nobody will even insure my home. The sound of slurry bombers, the sight of helicopters with buckets soaring th...

After my second back surgery, I had to be placed on potent medications to ease the nerve pains in my leg. Unfortunately, these medications made my head fogg...

They’re gone. I’ve had company for over two weeks, and it’s taken me days to get my house and mind back in order. Today, it’s painfully obvious to me how y...

When helping kids overcome learning disabilities, you have to have them walk backward. Not physically, of course, although we’ve had some kids crawl backwar...

At one point, I thought I knew everything going on in my children’s lives. After all, I was an involved parent. I kept them busy, made sure their grades wer...

She came to me last night, wringing her hands, a look of exhaustion and fear on her face. “I need to talk to you,” she muttered, peering at me through worrie...

Parents of a children on the spectrum or with learning differences have a sword pointing directly at their hearts. The double-edged sword of special educati...

Allen fell apart the second week of school, which is amazing because he wasn’t new to our school. But he started crying and raging when we moved our reading...

When he smiles, it’s like soft sunshine. He tips his head up, an impish grin forming on his face, and I swear I can hear birds singing. He glances up with ...

Brandon shows up for his first session. His mom has pulled him out of public school and enrolled him in our hybrid private school. He is all wound up and ...

His eyes are dark orbs that miss nothing. Bright and shiny. Intelligent. His skin is clear, with a mop of sandy blonde hair on top of his head. He is thi...

Our private school started yesterday, to a mess of excited boys ready to start their school year. They were loud and boisterous, their voices booming throug...

I consider myself lucky, yet if I could go back in time, I would choose to be at any other intersection than the one I was stopped at when a car crashed into...

One of the most powerful things you can do to any child, whether struggling to learn or not, is to give immediate feedback. This can obviously work for acad...

I just had a meeting with one of my teachers. The school year starts for our private school next week, and boy, do we have a lot of work to do. Miss Isabel...

I have found that students who struggle academically usually have poor fine motor and eye/hand coordination skills. As they get older, it becomes more and m...