Did you know that there are six muscles attached to each eye?  And that these muscles control the movement of the eye?  Often students...

I was working with Carter this week, a boy with dyslexia and a lot of emotional issues as far as reading goes.  He’s made a lot of...

Kids with dyslexia stumble over words.  They guess at words.  They pull their hair out while they read.  Their stomachs hurt. They slouch...

We’re in the thick of summer, and really, who wants to think about spelling?  Well, if your child struggles to spell, like most kids with...

Morgan is four years old…full of herself, rambunctious, lively, and has a vocabulary that amazes anybody she meets.  She’s agile, can...

For a while I kept up with Jacob’s progress, talking occasionally to Michelle or meeting her for lunch.  But life pulls you in so many...

It’s always sad to say good-bye to a student, but it is also one of the sweetest tastes…like taffy rolling around inside of your mouth. ...

Jacob…entering the final days These days with Jacob are a blur.  He is on fire academically and seems to have moved through the auditory...

When I arrive for Jacob’s session, I am expecting the worst, since Michelle has fallen into that pit of despair she can’t seem to climb...

Jacob Days 36-40 Each time I arrive to work with Jacob, Michelle seems to be falling deeper and deeper into a depression.  Usually...

Jacob is back in school now.  Michelle was afraid to send him back to his previous private school due to the rigorous academics expected...

Jacob Day 30 Today Jacob is too busy to even come say hello to me.  Michelle and I visit for a few minutes, and down he comes. This boy...

Jacob Day 20 I ring the doorbell, staring at the beautiful stained glass window on the maroon door of Jacob’s house.  Michelle greets me...

Jacob Day 15 I am not greeted with a game of hide-and-seek today.  It is quiet in Jacob’s sprawling Victorian home, and I am a bit...

Jacob Day 6 When I arrive a bit late at Jacob’s house today (that San Francisco traffic is terrible), Michelle is bursting with joy and...

Jacob greets me at the door today with a huge Cheshire cat smile.  He seems a lot more relaxed.  I guess he figured that I didn’t kill...

(This is an excerpt from my journal almost ten years ago about Jacob, a second grade student with dyslexia.  I thought you might enjoy...