I believe that homework can be an invaluable communication tool between home and school. For example, if your child seems to be bringing home a lot of completion homework, you should ask the teacher, “What is getting in the way of my child completing his work during class time?” If a pattern …
The Psycho-educational Report: Your Most Valuable Resource
Your child’s psycho-educational assessment is probably the most valuable resource you have when it comes to their LD. The information held within, and your understanding of it, can have a positive impact on everything – from what supports your child receives throughout their education to their life satisfaction.
Its results will help the …
In Which Steps of The IEP Process Will You Take Part?
Most IEPs follow the school year or semester timetable. They are developed in the early fall and cover the time up to the June reporting period or the end of the semester. The circular pattern shown in the following diagram indicates that the IEP process involves ongoing review, evaluation, and adjustment on a term by …
Why It’s Important For You And Your Child To Plan Specific Times For Homework
Let’s explore why it is important for you and your child to plan specific times for homework. Homework time is any time when your child is doing something related to school. Homework time can be doing assigned reading, working on a paper or a project, or studying for a test. It is important for …
How Your Child is Smart!
Has your child had enough of a breather from school that their focus has moved away from constantly thinking about what they can’t do?
For someone who has an LD, the years from 5 to (potentially) 25 can be extremely challenging. For those 20 or so years, life is all about learning – just what their …
The Most Important Thing You Can Do For Your Child This Summer
It seems that summer has finally arrived in Ontario! It’s hard to believe that another school year is about to come to a close. What are your plans for the summer holiday? Is your child going to a camp? Spending time with their grandparents? Visiting friends at a cottage? …
Will Your Child Be Assessed Fairly?
The EQAO Assessment of Reading, Writing and Mathematics Primary Division (Grades 1–3) and Junior Division (Grades 4–6) is slated for May 30 – June 10, 2011.
Accommodations for provincial large-scale assessments (like the EQAO’s) need to be consistent with the accommodations your child requires for regular classroom assessment and evaluation. In other …
Biblio-what?
Books can be used to help children gain self awareness and solve problems. The use of books with this purpose in mind is called bibliotherapy. Bibliotherapy is a way to help students with LDs:
Develop problem solving strategies
Know there are other people with problems similar to theirs
Develop insights into feelings and behaviours
Contribute to …
Eight Techniques for Remembering Information
For a number of reasons, students who have LDs can have difficulty remembering information. Active Learning Strategies such as repetition, mind picture, grouping, rhyme, acronym, abbreviation, acronymic sentence and graphic organizer are techniques for remembering information.
1. Repetition
Repetition involves reading, writing and saying information a number of times to remember it.
2. Mind Picture
A …
How to Improve Reading Comprehension
Some students who have LDs have difficulty understanding stories that they read. Their challenge can come from a number of different areas including difficulty with sounding out words (phonemic awareness), trouble focussing on the text and struggling to remember what they read, to name a few.
One Active Learning Strategy that can help is SPORE. …
