Strategies for Helping Kids Get Organized
One of the most common challenges associated with executive function issues is organization. Students who struggle with executive functioning (and even many who don’t) have a hard time organizing information and materials. Depending on the severity of these organizational challenges, students’ academic performance can be moderately impacted at best, and stopped in its tracks at worst. […]
Getting Organized With Google
Thank goodness for Google! Seriously, though, how would we ever survive without it? And for teachers in particular, Google Classroom is a lifesaver. However, I’d argue that Google’s organizational tools are an underutilized and equally powerful resource for supporting students. Once kids learn how to use them, they’re so much more likely to do better in school […]
Orton-Gillingham and the Science of Reading
Put simply, Orton-Gillingham is the best approach to teach literacy. While it is effective and beneficial for all students who are struggling to learn to read and write, it is essential for any child with dyslexia. That is because any Orton-Gillingham program includes direct, explicit, systematic, multi-sensory lessons that reinforce sound-symbol relationships – the foundation […]
How to Help Kids Build Social Skills
You won’t necessarily find a social skills lesson on every classroom’s daily schedule. Yet, a vast majority of young students need some level of instruction in how to do things like cooperate, share, play, take turns, and converse. And this is especially true for students with ADHD, social anxiety and social pragmatic communication disorder. Because […]
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