Social Emotional Issues
From “What’s Wrong With You?” to “What Do You Need?”
January 19, 2026
This question changes everything. “What’s wrong with you?” focuses on blame.“What do you need?” focuses...
Why “Just Try Harder” Doesn’t Work…(and What Does)
January 19, 2026
“Just try harder” sounds encouraging—until you’re the child hearing it. For neurodivergent students, effort is...
Things We Say That Hurt — and What to Say Instead
January 19, 2026
Words shape learning—long before worksheets, grades, or test scores ever do. Most adults don’t mean...
Finding Calm in the Holiday Chaos: Helping Neurodiverse Children Enjoy the Season
November 1, 2025
The holidays sparkle with excitement — lights twinkle, schedules fill, and everyone feels the pull...
Recent Posts
- Lazy or Overwhelmed? Rethinking What We See as Avoidance January 19, 2026
- Processing Speed Isn’t Intelligence: Why “Slow Down” Misses the Point January 19, 2026
- The Damage of Comparison (and Why “Everyone Else Can Do This” Hurts) January 19, 2026
- From “What’s Wrong With You?” to “What Do You Need?” January 19, 2026
- Why “Just Try Harder” Doesn’t Work…(and What Does) January 19, 2026
Categories
- 2e (1)
- ADHD (4)
- Adolescent Dyslexia (12)
- Adult Dyslexia (3)
- Auditory Processing Disorder (4)
- Back to School (1)
- Characteristics (11)
- Chiropractor (1)
- College (2)
- Community Partnership (1)
- Dysgraphia (5)
- Dyslexia (33)
- Dyslexia Awareness Month (2)
- Dyslexia Evaluation (7)
- Dyslexia Therapy (13)
- Evaluations (4)
- Fluency (4)
- Growth Mindset (12)
- Handwriting (1)
- Holiday overwhelm, stressers (1)
- Homework (3)
- Learning Difference Simulation (1)
- Learning Differences (18)
- Learning Disability (21)
- Orton-Gillingham (6)
- Private Evaluations (3)
- Reading Comprehension (4)
- Schools and Dyslexia (6)
- Sensory Issues (2)
- Simple View of Reading (1)
- Social Emotional Issues (5)
- Spelling (7)
- Structured Literacy (14)
- Suggested Reading LIsts (3)
- Summer Learning (3)
- Summer Reading (3)
- Teaching Strategies (9)
- Teen Dyslexia (8)
- Uncategorized (4)
- Vision Therapy (1)