IMPROVE YOUR CHILD’S READING THROUGH DIRECT INSTRUCTION
I remember watching all the other kids skip rope. It looked so easy for them, yet no matter how hard I tried I...
11 July, 2018
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POSSIBILITIES PICK
What to Do When Mistakes Make You Quake: A Kid’s Guide to Accepting Imperfection Claire A.B. Freeland, Ph.D. & Jacqueline B. Toner, Ph.D., Authors Janet...
14 June, 2018
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The Memory Mullet: ‘Business in Front’ meet ‘Party in Back’
If you’re an adult of a certain vintage, you probably remember the mullet. It’s a hairstyle that’s hard to forget. The hairstyle of...
30 May, 2018
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SPRING INTO SPEECH
As we approach May (which happens to be Speech and Hearing Month), the weather is finally starting to feel like spring! When I...
11 May, 2018
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How To Optimize Development While Waiting for an Assessment or Therapy
When I see families for assessment of development, learning, attention or behaviour, many recommendations are patient- and condition-specific. However, others are useful for...
16 April, 2018
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Hair-Pulling, Skin-Picking, and Other Repetitive Behaviours: Can the cycle be broken?
Max is 14 years old. Max has been picking at the skin around his fingernails for two years, particularly when he is stressed,...
16 March, 2018
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FREE LECTURE! Making Memories Stick: Study Skills for School Success in ADHD
A Free Lecture for parents and professionals who work with children and teens with ADHD and Learning Disabilities, or who may struggle in...
02 February, 2018
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Possibilities Pick
Thinking Differently: An Inspiring Guide for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities Author: David Flink Publisher and date: William Morrow/ Harper Collins Publishers 2014 Readers: Parents,...
10 January, 2018
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Parenting Children and Teens with ADHD
Being a parent is sometimes difficult. Being the parent of a child with ADHD is often Difficult with a capital “D.” Perhaps the...
27 November, 2017
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The Practice of Mindfulness
In the most basic terms, mindfulness can be seen as the practice of paying attention to the people, places and things around you....
02 November, 2017
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